a's

ack, reject you Esme as my mate." he sai

asp from the pack and what followed next was their muffled murmurs; each one of them turning to face the other to say a thing or two about what had just happened with a hand coverin

ion." she said, her vo

However, as she got to where I stood, she pa

nking back tears. "Just like

ver wa

d at the same time, trying to steady her voice. "But there he is, right behind me. Once I leave here right now, h

ed, attempting to

y those filthy hands on me. You have now gotten what you have always

t then she paused as if having a rethink of her word

r her shoulder. "From tonight I am no long

k in my eyes. "There was to be something that we can do about t

ob. "So, I'll appreciate it if you respect my decision about this. Don't ever call me your sister again because if you tr

aid, getting a grip of her arm. "We don't h

aking my hand off her arm. "Like I sa

n though it was a painful one. In the meantime, I scrubbed my palms against my face as if to wash the pain away but then, I head some footsteps approaching me and so, lifted my eyes only to find Edward coming my way. As he did, I wanted to take reverse steps, but where exa

to do with you if the mark didn't appear on your

ave other plans for us. And trust me, if it was possible to have rejected a fate such as this, then I would have done so long before

eel the same way about you. So I guess we're e

dn't want the pack to know that there was something going on between us even though, a few of them might have had an idea of what

d, smiling back at me. "W

d to face

e half-moon mark becomes my mate. I hereby accept Tessa

sual Zayzay chant which was used to celebrate the emergence of th

hed in the celebration, he took a step fo

ome." he said, his breath

eave in their numbers too as the celebration approached its end. However, I stood there, with my head hung low as I bit the bottom of my lips trying to wrap my head around what had happened a few minutes ago. Why did the mo

out there, ignoring the wind that seemed to slice at my

he voice came from behind as

e tears on my face as I turned to f

palms as she stared into my eyes. "I get that it feels wro

I just one que