Chapter 42" Please don't hurt me."

Jake P.O.V. In the truck... I am sitting in the front of the seat, staring out the window, worried about what is going to happen once Avery finds out we are her mate. Will she accept us or reject us forever? I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding in. But I do know I love this girl, and I will do the best I can to make her fall in love with me. What if. No, I thought, withholding my chest because I felt like I would die. I need her, Avery, in my life. So be it if I must wait until she can trust us again. I do anything for her. I would die for her if she wanted me to do that. But I hope she doesn't want that. I thought to my mind. Please, God, don't let her reject us I asked him with my eyes closed and my head down with my hands in a praying mood. "Jake?" I lifted my head and turned my head and saw Elijah staring at me with a concerned look on his face. I can see his hurting, too, because he knows that he is her mate once Avery finds out. "Yeah, man," I replied to him. "You thi