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**Mark's anger melted away into sorrow quickly when he realised that his actions had caused his mate to feel rejected, that was the very last thing Mark ever wanted. He knew his actions would cause Brian pain, and he had regretted it, but he had had to keep him at arm's length for his own good, he was trying to protect Brian from the fall out of a mission gone wrong and from the heartbreak of possibly losing his mate. It had all been for Brian that he had behaved as he had, he was desperate for Brian to understand now.**
"Please, Brian, don't ever think I don't want you, I do, I love you, you are perfect for me" Brian scoffs at that but Mark continues, "You are, I did it all to protect you, you weren't there Brian, you have only heard of all he did, you were not there to witness it as I was, I felt helpless, I felt useless and I want to be the one to end this, I want to protect them even if they are not my pack anymore.
