Yeah, not going to happen.
“Tell me,” I say.“Please.”
“She’s in my pack.Her name is Denise.”
Denise.What a stupid name.
Except it’s a perfectly fine name.God, what iswithme?
“We were high school sweethearts,” he continues, “and we talked about staying together and starting a family, but then I was called to lead the pack as an alpha.”
“So?Doesn’t an alpha get to have a love life?”
“Of course, but Denise didn’t want that kind of life.She knew I’d constantly be in danger and that my first loyalty would be to the pack.”
I swallow.“Your first loyalty?”
“Yes.”
“Then what kind of loyalty do you have to me?”
“You’re my mate.It’s different.”
“Different how?”
“My loyalty is to you above all else, as yours is to me.”
There's no choice for either of us.
There never was.
“Oh my God…”
“What?”he asks.
“You didn’t end it.Denise did.”
“Yes,” he says.
“So…if you hadn’t been called to lead your pack, you’d still be with her.”
“No,” he says, “I wouldn’t.”
“But—”
“Don’t you see, Hannah?You’re my mate.You.Not Denise.Not anyone else.You.If Denise and I had stayed together, I’d have left her when I found you.”
I drop my mouth open.“But you loved her.”
“I did.”
“And you would have left a woman you loved for a woman you didn’t love?”
“But Idolove you, princess.”
“You do now.You didn’t at first.”
“True.But mating is for life.It’s a bond beyond love, beyond the heart.So yes, I would have ended it with Denise when I met you.”