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Arthur's POV

"Are you really going to do this to our mate?" It was Ares, the very wolf that I wanted to converse with.

"What do you mean?" I sit back, waiting to see what he throws at me.

"You are fully aware of why she was crying, it's because you said you were engaged," he states the obvious, but I chortle instead.

"That's a lie," I grin. "She probably has other things going on."

"She has a wolf, I felt it when you touch her," he informs me. A part of me was happy when he said that, but another was confused.

Is that why I could feel two unstable heartbeats? Is it because her wolf hadn't awakened as yet? Before I could even say anything to Ares, he adds, "She is starting to distance herself, and I don't know about you, but I don't wanna mate, not yet." he shuts off, leaving me to my own devices.

She wouldn't do that right? I mean, rejecting me means that she also lets her wolf die, is she ready for that heartbreak, the pain?

She wouldn't reject me, I shake my head hoping I am r