The time stopped for me as the blindfold was ripped away from my eyes.
"Mate," he uttered while looking straight into my dull eyes. Utterly repulsed, my lips quivered as I swallowed the bile in my throat.
His stiffened posture didn't move; he stood and didn't flinch. His icy glare weakened me. Sorrow shredded my insides as tears flowed down my cheeks. The misery finally broke through me as reality hit me once again.
"No," my lips quivered as I trembled underneath his touch.
I couldn't be his mate. I couldn't be mated with anyone. I wasn't able to swallow down the truth, so I denied it each time it hit me.
Disappointed leashed on his sharp features, his thick eyebrows furrowed in confusion, and he stared back at me.
"No," I repeated again as I
