บท 111: Rejecting Mate

Leila POV:

Drake's words cut through me like a blade. "I, Drake… Alpha of the Dark Moon Pack… reject Leila, Luna of the Dark Moon Pack."

For a moment, I couldn't even breathe. My heart twisted, unable to accept what was happening. Did he just reject me? After everything, after I'd forgiven him for all his mistakes, for how he'd believed Lily's lies, for the countless times he'd let me down—he chose now to throw me away? Rage simmered beneath the surface, cooling my shock into a hard resolve. I looked him in the eye, forcing down every ounce of weakness, every instinct that wanted me to plead with him.

"I accept," I replied, feeling the icy edge to my voice. If he didn't want me, then I'd let him go. I'd rather endure this pain, this brutal tearing of the mate bond, than stay tied to someone who could abandon me so easily.