Alexi POV
As Alaia walked into the room, I sucked in a breath. I didn’t want to have to face her yet. It hurt when I rejected her, but it damn near killed me when she accepted it without even putting up a fight. I didn’t get a moment’s sleep last night; I just sat in bed, thinking over my decision to reject the Moon Goddess’s most perfect gift. “She deserves someone better,” I told myself over and over. I wasn’t a good guy, I was tainted, and Alaia didn’t need to have to deal with all of my conquests sending her evil looks or petty remarks.
She was too pure, too perfect. She was perfect—my angel.
This thought had rung over and over in my head. Max had shut himself off to me, and I feared I would never hear from him again. I had rejected his mate, his perfect mate.
“She was perfect,
