Evelyn’s POV
“Why?” I press out the word, shaking my head.
I don’t understand why he would deny my proposal when we so clearly despise one another. I’m giving him an out, and yet he refuses to take it?
Kane’s first reply is an exaggerated sigh, both his impatience and annoyance clear.
“Your wolf is weak, Evelyn,” he says, the way he uses my name makes me swallow. “You’re lucky to be married to me - what other wolf would want you? Let alone a powerful wolf?”
A “powerful wolf” like him, he means. The way he throws the word at me makes me narrow my eyes.
“What more could you want?” he mocks.
“I never wanted to marry you in the first place!” I counter. “What I want is to not be forced into a marriage with someone who thrives off humiliating me. The only reason I had
