Jake
"Do you have a mate?" Olivia's question throws me off completely. I expected her to have a lot of uncomfortable questions, like 'Why did you kiss me, Jake?' but never have I ever imagined that meek Olivia will straight up ask me the question that I don't even know how to answer myself.
While Fang is screaming in my head to say 'yes' and tell her that she is my mate, claim her right here and now, I am trying my best to answer as truthfully as possible. And the truth is that despite how confused I am, despite how much both me and my wolf like Olivia and feel something towards her, she is not our mate.
"I... uhm... No. I don't have a mate." I finally give her my answer, and a glint of excitement mixed with disappointment clouds Liv's beautiful face. It physically pain me to see her an
