'Are you thinking about rejecting the girl?', Damon's wolf asked.
Damon let out a long breath. 'I need to protect her.'
'If you want to protect her, you need to keep her close. Not reject her.', his wolf said sternly.
They already talked about keeping Talia safe, but he was not close to finding a solution that will work.
His wolf explained that without her wolf, Talia doesn't feel the bond, so she is not impacted by Damon's presence (or absence).
At most, Talia will be attracted to him and if Damon wants to win her over, he will need to do it the human way: to romance her until she falls in love with him. Assuming that he succeeds, and she accepts him, it will not be a done deal. Without the mate bond, she can fall out of love at any time.
Of course, if they go through the mating ceremony and he leaves his mark on her, the bond will be formed, but he would need to reach the point of the girl accepting him. What a mess.
