Samantha
“I, Samantha Arlene Wheeler, reject you, Holden Scott Vaughn, as my mate.” The words leave my lips, and I fall to my knees as Aria cries out in my head. Holden falls to his knees as well.
“Don’t do this, Samantha,” He pleads.
I look at him through tears and pain, “I can’t- “
“I do not, nor will I ever accept your rejection. I do not accept,” he says.
I am lifted off the ground by my brother.
“Come on, Samantha,” Marcus sighs.
“We need to talk this through, Samantha,” Holden shouts. “I swear I had no idea that Dmitry Volkov was your former mate. If I had known, I would have killed him, not forged an alliance.”
I turn to Holden. My heart beats for him. I want him with every inch of my body and soul, but I can’t trust him. “But you did. You did forge an alliance despite knowi
