AUTHOR'S POV "Mate?" Amelia asked. Colton didn't reply, but the look on his face answered "Yes" to the question. At this moment, Amelia now understood the reason why Colton stared at her the way he did and the reason he had not been treating her like a slave, as he had initially said she was. It was not just for any s****l reason - it was the mate pull on him. However, Amelia doesn't have time for love or mating, so even if she happens to be his mate, she would just reject him and leave. Not even a mate pull would make her love him. "Any... problem?" Colton asked hesitatingly. Knowing fully well that she needed him to get the antidote for her, and that making him aware that she doesn't have time to even love him and would never wish to mate with him might make him change his mind abou

