POV (RICHARD)
"You can't be serious?"
I growled out as I looked down at Alec. What the hell was he thinking? Had he lost his damn mind? He wanted me to be Abelia's mate. This was absurd. Yes, the girl was beautiful, talented, and would most likely make me a pretty happy man, but that was beside the point. Abelia was not my mate, she belonged to Alec. How could he ask such a thing of me?
Ever since we were children I had told Alec I did not care about ever finding my mate. Children and Mates were responsibilities that just distracted oneself from pack duties. I was not willing to risk Alec's life, and the pack we would build together, because of some snot nose brat and woman back home. This was madness. There was no way I would look after his mate and make her mine. What was h
