: : : Sophie : : :

The silence is deafening.

“I, Kieran de Angelo, Alpha heir to the Sunset Banes, reject you as my mate.”

The moment he said those words, it’s like I can’t breathe. I didn’t believe what I heard at first. I keep staring at him, waiting for him to say something else. But what he said was:

“You’re not a wolf and you don’t belong in our world.”

I thought I knew what heartbreak was. I thought I knew what pain was. But what he said ...