Chapter 8

Paige's POV "You can't answer," I snarled, my wolf Tiana's hackles rising as the mate-bond between us pulsed with unresolved pain. He couldn't speak because he didn't truly see me—not as his mate, just as a convenience. Our three-year bond had meant nothing to him in the end. "Paige..." His voice was rough, laced with an Alpha's command that no longer worked on me. "Leave me alone, Noah." I bared my teeth,"I'm rebuilding my life. Don't destroy it again." He lifted his face, his usually proud posture broken. "Give me another chance." Tiana let out a growl in my mind. "He didn't give us one when he rejected us!" "I begged you too—" My voice broke, with the memory of that night when I knelt beside him, my wolf whimpering in despair as I pleaded with him not to reject me. "I begged you over and over... tossed me away like a broken toy." His gaze dropped. I slammed my fist against his chest—not hard enough to hurt an Alpha, but enough to make him stagger. "Look at what you did!" I gestured