Asher POV
She wanted to leave.
She wanted to leave me. That's all I could think about after hearing Bella's words.
I thought that after staying here to recover, she would somehow come to change her mind.
She didn't. She was still insisting on leaving.
It was almost laughable.
After spending so many years looking for my mate and eventually finding her, she didn't want anything to do with me.
It was all thanks to that pathetic alpha. If he didn't…
No, don't think about that.
“ Is that so?” I asked, trying to sound more calm than I felt. My wolf was thrashing wildly in my head, demanding we claim our mate.
He has been doing that ever since we saved her.
All he wants is his mate. Too bad, she doesn't share the same enthusiasm as him.
“ Yes. You promised me that you'd let me go aft
