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EASTON

I could feel my heart almost beat out of my chest as her words reached my ears. Slowly, I felt the pain start to grow until my entire being was enveloped by the excruciating pain that only seemed to intensify with each passing second. As if the sound of my own wildly beating heart filling my ears and head wasn't enough, it was soon accompanied by Scar's loud, painful howls and growls. He was in as much pain as I was.

I couldn't believe that my mate, the one I had spent so long waiting and looking for, would look me in the eye and say the forbidden words to me. Those words of rejection was a sure death sentence for any werewolf who finds their mates and has the misfortune of hearing them.

I clenched my chest tightly as I stared at her. I might be strong and not scared of a thing, but the look on my mate's face filled me with a different type of dread. I could see the hate and anger in her face, not even so much as blinking at the fact that I was undoubtedly in pain. I probably