n expression as I collapsed on the ground, rocking back and forth on

uring their saline solution as his arms grabbed me, holding me tight against his chest. Ha

al and my wolf wanted out. She wanted to

We were both full-blown crying."I didn't know you'd be the one, o

emotions as he continued to cry with me, wrapping his arms around my

reatened to surge forth, crying

o be in this situation. He would

hing I have ever felt, but the pain in m

cracked as I peered up at him through

ll he said while gazing down at me with a b

thing? What coul

ob made its way out despite my attempts and I ripped away fr

ll pieces of gravel while my chest was wracking with deep, powerful sobs. My heart sh

I wish I could go back. I don't want this, but there is nothing I can do, Nova. I

s too lat

my back as if my words had shocked him to his core. He retreated slo

va,

yes while the pain coursed through m

he broken heart I had just received. A mate bond is fragile when it hasn't been completed and right then and ther

m

rting his future wi

night to Deacon snapping his fingers in m

wrenching feeling that pounded

e was that he was sorry, but he had to do the right t

inside out and I couldn't hold

oward the open water, an

ng to ki

something no male can withstand and that night I found my mate and had my heart broken all in the matter of

rdened focus on my frail form. "You need to talk to h

to sorrow. Shaking my head back and forth, a small cry

d mine. "Then w

lk through hell or highwater for his best friend, I would do

nt to know my mate's plans. He would only break my heart even further. This was too much for a newly shifted wo

ack the tears. Loud voices echoed off the water

far and now we were staring straight into hundreds of pair

ain sight while the entire pack wa

were the ones that I coul

ld mine and I dropped it. Risking it, I peeked through the curtain my hair had made and saw

, but this seemed a little too intimate for

ispers and gasps echoed from the shore and carried out onto

I plead, shielding my face

I didn't bother taking another look towards my mate. It was us

by the look on his face. Well