Olivia POV
"Are you alright," Becca asks me as everyone around us starts to head back toward the pack house. "Yes, why wouldn't I be?" "You just seemed weird when we were talking to Ace and Candace," she says. "No, I'm fine. Their daughter is beautiful." "Oli, you're my best friend, my sister. Don't lie to me, please," she says. "Becca, it's nothing." I can feel Danica's sadness. "Becca, you told me once that mates don't usually reject the bond. That has to mean that you can reject your mate."
I watch as my words sink in before her eyes snap to mine. "He's your mate, isn't he," she says. "Becca, just answer my question." "Oli, you can't. You don't understand everything about why Ace married Candace. He believes," she starts to say, but I cut her off. "You are right, I don't, but the fac
