Chapter 57
Esme’s POV
"I hereby reject you, Cole Kane, as my mate—" I said the words out loud, glaring menacingly at him while he stared at me in a ridiculous way. But I didn't feel anything, nor the bond snapping.
What was happening? The rejection should have torn through me at once with pain and my wolf howling in pain but there was nothing. Just the echo of my own voice in this room, mocking me.
My chest heaved, still flushed from the torment he'd inflicted and raw humiliation. I stood there, half-exposed, glaring at him with all the fire I had left.
Cole's lips curved into a slow, mocking smile, his gray eyes glinting with amusement rather than the shock or pain I'd hoped for. "You cannot reject something I don't even remember, Esme. Something I don't even know—your imaginary m
