HANNAH
I found myself reading those lines repeatedly, and every time, it felt like all the air was being drawn out of my lungs.
I couldn't do it. I wouldn't…
The thought had jumped out of my mind almost immediately. Asher and his father wanted me but like a prized calf, carved up for auction. This had nothing to do with love or a change of heart – it was a display of dominance.
I was all too aware that after the mating ceremony, Asher's terrible attitude would come to the forefront, and I would be stuck in a relationship that could potentially be life-threatening.
That was not the life I envisioned for myself or the romantic dream I had always hoped for. The letter was essentially a death sentence and nothing else.
"I-I can't be his mate," I voiced when I finally found my voice, my l
