Elena POV

My wolf Lara whimpered all the way back to my room. ‘Does he not want us? Why would he stop us from going in with him? Isn’t he supposed to love and cherish us as our mate?’

Lara had left me for a long time, locked somewhere I couldn’t reach her. She hadn’t experienced those ten bitter years with me, she hadn’t seen the cruelty I had faced from my previous mate so I couldn’t explain.

I didn’t know how to explain to her that sometimes, people don’t like the mates ...