“You shouldn’t have to be with someone you don’t trust,” she continued.
She paused again unnecessarily to give him a chance to disagree before forcing herself to say the words she would never be able to take back, the words that would release Marcus from the burden of being tied to a f**k-up like her.
“I’m sorry I got in the way, I truly am, but you don’t need to worry about that anymore. I reject you as my mate.”
Marcus’s body jerked, and he grunted as the pain from their severing bond tore through him. The hand clutching his chest lowered sooner than Ava expected it to, and within seconds he was standing in front of her, looking completely unaffected.
He exuded indifference, except for the residual pain that churned in his brown eyes, but Ava had no way to know if it was physical
