let'

lities. The medicines are only

oom. The dimly lit room and the stench of disinf

up with a bandage

stranger ask the nurse. I turned my head slightly to see t

to me. She narrowed her eyes as she tilted my head to exam

wound after some minutes. I wasn't supposed to be wrapped up in bandages

with me?" I wh

coldly, and pushed her fingers down to my ribs. "But that should be the lea

Prince Elias in the entire school except the Lycan Prince. The though

voice was shaking and I could feel hot

nodded but my lips were still quivering. I couldn't fathom the reason I would

ound your mate already?" Her question came as a shock to me because I

e didn't want me and as a matter of

hav

be hard to accept rejection especially after waiting for so many years to be mated. But this is not just about

of Brad, my fated mate. "He didn't pronounce his rejection but he said we can't be together.

ed with pity for me. "If you must live without him, he must reject you completely and you'll have to accept it. I

f he rejects me. I will be banished from the pack fore

He drew closer to me, his eyes burning with rage and lowered himself to the bed. "Brad doesn't deserve you. What kind of

his eyes flaming in anger as he saw us. I could sense Brad's disapproval as he gl

." The nurse quietly slid out of t

ra

forehead gently. He smiled down at him, a smile that was clearly void of any

is to her. You don't have any right to be here. Now leave

be here because she's my mate. You can't use

if I heard him wrong but I didn't. Did he suddenly cal

hose Valerie over her." Brad seemed to be wresting with himself i

ails about Brad and I? He spoke with certainty, almost as if he wanted to claim me as his. His sta

n to Scarlet. Therefore, I still have every right to claim her as mine. You shou

oing on between the two of them. Something deeper t

n. Can't you see you're dangerous to her? You should

inched slightly. "You can't tell me what to do!

lias said, his tone fierce

as' claim on me when he dropped the bombshell. "I'm ready to accept you as my mate and you'll get your abilities back. But