Third Person's POV
"That avalanche was just a freak accident. It was my own bad luck to run into it. You don't need to take the blame for it."
At this point, the look in her eyes grew even firmer.
"Mortimer, we are only mates in name."
Hearing Seraphina emphasize the boundaries of their relationship yet again, the sheer panic and helplessness in Mortimer's heart only intensified.
He looked at her, his eyes entirely bloodshot, his lips trembling slightly. "We don't have to be just mates in name."
"Sera, let's start over. Okay?" As he spoke, the desperate pleading in his eyes practically spilled over.
The old Seraphina probably wouldn't have dared to dream that one day, the high-and-mighty Alpha would speak to her with such a lowly, begging tone and gaze.
But the current Seraphina ju
