MATED TO THREE, DESPISED BY ALL.
She took a slow deep breath before lifting her gaze toward us.
One by one.
First Cain.
Then me.
Then Cypril.
And somehow, the calmness in her eyes frightened me more than anger ever could. I could hear my heartbeat loudly inside my ears now. They were fast and heavy, almost painful.
It felt like my heart was trying to burst right out of my chest.
Melissa finally spoke.
“I, Melissa Copper, hereby reject Cain Stone, Caleb Stone, and Cypril Stone as my mates.”
The moment the words left her lips, everything around me seemed to stop. My hearing faded midway through the sentence as the world suddenly became distant and muffled.