~LUCAS~
"I'm sorry for forcing you to tell me that you love me." Avery apologizes to me. I can see that she was already regretting requesting such a thing from me. At first, I was not going to do it. However, I could feel Avery’s pain through our bond. I knew that she needed me to tell her that I loved her desperately. I knew that it meant a lot to her and I also knew that I couldn't give her anything in the past. I wanted to at least grant one of her requests before rejecting her.
I was thinking of Freya the entire time; it was the only way that I could tell Avery that I loved her without meaning it.
Freya would have wanted me to take care of her sister. Now, it was time to reject Avery as my mate and give myself fully to my wife. Then, I could tell her what happened here today and e
