Ascension of a Gamma
“You can stop here, for both our sakes.”
I pulled on my arm and he released it, and I cupped a side of his handsome face. Tears threatened to rise to the surface, but I held them back, preparing myself for the unimaginable pain I was about to put myself through. Last night, I believed that these words wouldn’t find their way out of my mouth again. How cruel, to have to go through this almost simultaneously.
“I, Gamma Anna Bella Fiora…”
His jaw clenched as he understood what I was about to say. I smiled at him and continued. “… reject you, Alpha Liam Rose, as my mate.”