THEODORE
"Why can't she feel it, Theo?" Ashton whispered, his dejected tone hitting me in all the sad places. "She should feel it, right? Undeniable attraction, safety, the... the kind of fulfillment that mates are supposed to feel near each other? Then why isn't it working like that?"
Ah. I did not like being asked difficult questions.
"Maybe because you tried to force things?" I suggested.
I'm a jerk.
A part of me knew the real answer.
But I wasn't going to tell him that. I couldn't. Even though I think he should have known. Maybe he was an i***t.
Thereotecially, it shouldn't even have been possible for them to be mates. A human and a lycan were different species entirely. It just didn't make sense. But since the bond was formed, and Ashton was so sure of it, keeping Xyla's speci
