Harry knew how wrong it was for him to act that way. He shouldn’t be stringing Alice’s heart along. But he wasn’t playing her. Heavens only knew he wasn’t. He loved her. He truly did. He still did deep down. Only she wasn’t his destined mate. And he couldn’t be with her. Not when he had a chance at a happily ever after with his true mate. But then again, could he fall for Carine as hard as he had for Alice? He had to believe that he could. Otherwise all his efforts would be in vain. “Something wrong?” He heard her utter weakly. And he felt proud to have elicited such a response from her. her body was shivering against his, in pure sensual awareness, and nothing but the smell of her desire for him permeated the air. He breathed her scent in one last time before releasing her. “I