I stand there stunned. Nothing would prepare me to hear those words come out of his mouth, especially after the way he described his mate to me.
"I couldn't live without her. In the short space of time I have known her she has made such a difference that I just feel like I have to protect her from anyone or anything. Like it's my destiny to keep her out of harm's way and if something ever happened to her, I couldn't live with myself."
I couldn't move. I could barely blink as I process all of this whilst Damien still held me close and looked down at me as if he was expecting me to either run away from him as far as possible or stay here and wrap my arms around him and never let go. Honestly, I didn't know what I wanted to do.
I can't be around him. He is forbidden to even meet his mate n
