He glanced at me. And behind the pain, there was a calculating look. He was trying to figure out if I was buying his act. Nix and Megan growled, but I kept it in. “I hoped she would change her mind. If I kept her close enough that she would rescind the rejection.” His voice was full of longing and even though I knew it was an act, I wondered if there wasn’t a kernel of truth behind his words.
“So you tortured her for what? Hope that she would accept you as her mate.” I scoffed, but I made it weak. “How was that ever going to work?”
“It could have worked.” He shouted and then wilted. “If she wasn’t so strong, it could have worked.”
I leveled him with a look. “She was from my father’s pack. You should have done more investigating.”
He threw up his hands. “What does that even mean?”
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