Chapter 27

"Greed...power...status...pups...there are endless reasons to explain why I chose you, why I made you mine, why no other wolf will ever lay a hand on you as long as I live." Hardin growls out the words like they're poison.

My skin crawls slightly, noticing his white knuckles as he grips the wheel. His own words angering him so.

"If not those reasons, then what?" I whisper, completely confused.

"Guilt." He mutters.

My heart twists immediately, and I advert my eyes to the window as my entire body turns cold. He chose me out of pity?

"For the first five seconds, until I looked at you...really looked at you." I could hear the frown in his voice, the underlying curiosity that he still feels towards me.

I didn't look at him, I couldn't. Knowing that he pitied me, feels worse than the thought of him choosing me out of greed.

"I wanted to help you, and somewhere in doing so...I selfishly made you mine. I was wrong to take your free will, it makes me no better than your parents." He states wit