(Lumi)
I can't believe I just said that. I mean, we were just about to take that next step, and the words came tumbling out of me.
I couldn't do it without him knowing. I can't give him every piece of me until I know he will accept me even with my flaws. Because if he learned about this later on and we had already mated and marked one another, I wouldn't survive the rejection. Even now, I'm not certain I could.
My hands started to tremble. The confession I just made sat heavily between us as Sterling just stared down at me in confusion.
I don't know how much time passed, but when he finally opened his mouth to speak, I was a nervous wreck.
"Second chance. That means you had a mate before me?" He asked quietly, his hands moving my hips slightly back so I could sit in his lap once mor
