Mate (Bride, #2)

by Ali Hazelwood

“I’m not— Which lie?” He snorts softly. “You tell that many?”

“Oh, you’re hiding shit from them, too?” “I’m an equal opportunity liar.

He easily resigned himself to a lifetime without her, but… Simply put, he is unwilling to contemplate a universe in which she no longer exists.

“Okay. We’ll sleep there.” “We?” “We.” My eyebrow lifts. “Uh-oh. Celibacy Threat Alert.”

“Serena.” I hear the blurry edge of his smile. A quiet sigh. “I would throw away my pack, my life, and my entire world for you. Which is the exact reason I cannot have you.”