-Sasha POV- My heart sinks seeing his face. I can’t tell what he is thinking and it’s killing me. This is when I realize how much I really want him as my mate. We are not even together and my heart feels like it’s breaking. Gaia wines inside preparing for rejection and I braze myself as well. “I will need time, but I don’t want to stop talking to you.” He says softly. The relief that I feel is something new to me. I never wanted anything so bad like I wanted to hear those words just now. I didn’t even realize that my eyes were watery and now a tear falls down my cheek. I was really, really scared. He studies my face and then lifts his hand up wiping the tear away. “I know you are still you and that won’t change how I see you. I just have to get used to the idea that... you are...