Gideon’s POV
Heartbreak was not a feeling I had experienced before. So unfamiliar that I still wasn’t certain what was going on, I just knew that there was a pain in my chest that made me irritable, wistful, angry, and sad all at the same time.
Stupid, stubborn woman!
Never had I encountered a person so determined to make themselves miserable. Here, I was offering her everything I had. My whole heart, my pack, my life, and she rejected it all. Whatever her reasons, it was obvious she was suffering as much as I was, and still she would not relent to let me in.
Underneath all of my frustration was the bone-deep hurt of rejection. I had spent my whole life building myself up to defy others’ expectations. For the most part, I had succeeded. I was one of the youngest, most powerful Alphas
