Chapter 27

“It doesn't mean anything. Your father was right when he told us to stay away and break the link. I can't ever be what your father and the pack need, and you can't ever be the mate I need. So, we shouldn't do this again; it's only torturing us more than we are already. Just say the damn words already. I don’t care.” I don’t know where this is coming from, this detached, cold bitch, as words spill out of my mouth. It’s the exact opposite to what my heart craves, and I turn to face him to drive it further home that I’m not playing. Wiping my expression as clean as I can to show him nothing of how this is killing me. My words die on my lips when our eyes meet, and Colton looks as openly broken and disheveled as I am. “You can't lie to your mate, Lorey. I can feel you, even if what you’re saying sounds honest. I am what you need, and you’re what I need. Fate made it so. When you strip everything else away, and it’s just us, here and now, with no one else to think about ... we need each oth