His dark brown gaze studied her. They told her that he didn't want to tell her but that he couldn't come up with a respectable reason not to other than "because I don't wanna". But she stared at him until she knew he was going to answer, trying to give him assurances that she would listen.
"Allison, I…I'm not good at…at being domestic. I didn't want a mate not because I liked being alone, but because it was better for any female. And I don't think I'm qualified to be a parent. I've spent my life trying to stay alive. I have nothing to offer a good female like you. Or a child."
He thought she was a good female? Her heart ached for him. The loneliness in his tone echoed through all his years.
She stroked her thumbs over his cheekbones. "Why would you think such a thing? You're not a monst
