Chapter 61

I shook my head. "I think you're lying to yourself. You don't love me you love the idea of me, of having a mate. You may not remember it all clearly but I do. We never got along when we were kids. When we found we were mates I ran. We were told to instantly love our mates but I didn't even like you. The truth is if you hadn't rejected me I probably would have rejected you." He sighed and sat down in the chair by my bed that everyone else had ignored. "So what do we do then?" "Huh?" He stood again and grabbed my hands. "Say you're right. Then we never had a chance to try being mates. I can't let you go without ever even trying, Deanne. If I do I will regret it for the rest of my life." "And if it falls apart?" I asked. "If it all fails? Wouldn't it be easier not to have that pain?" He had a determination on his face that I'd never seen him show before. "Then it fails, it falls apart. But I'd rather have that pain then live