The pain of Randall's rejection hits me, every muscle in my chest immediately squeezing.
“No, don’t accept it,” David says, stepping in front of him and walking straight to me, holding my face in his hands. “Don’t accept it. We’ll talk to him, explain it.”
“If I reject her, then you can mark her,” Randall says. "She's already your Luna."
A tear escapes my eyes and rolls down my cheek as David gently wipes it from me. “It’s going to be alright, Les,” he whispers to me before speaking up again. “It’s not like that. I told you, there’s more to it.”
I look up at him and there is so much pain written on his face as he tries to help diffuse the situation between us, nothing good coming from this for him, but still, always taking care of me.
“Say you don’t accept it, Celeste,” he encou
