The Mate He Rejected
I clamped my mouth shut, terrified that if I opened it, the scream he just described would tear out of my throat.
"I don't need your pity, Arden," I whispered, my voice raw and broken.
"I don't do pity," Cullen replied. He pushed off the doorframe and took a single step into the room. The sheer power radiating from him made the small cabin feel incredibly tiny. "I do strategy. And right now, your strategy is flawed. You walk out into those woods tonight, you die. I will not watch a strong wolf throw her life away because of a stupid boy's mistake."