Valerie’s POV
“No! Not yet!” I felt Ruston’s canines scratch over the spot where he would mark me one day, but I wasn’t ready yet. He pulled away from me and I felt my heart sink seeing the slight disappointment written all over his face.
“I don’t understand, Valerie. We’ve been together for over a year. Why won’t you just accept me? Haven’t I proven myself to you?” His eyes were black as the night and I could see that he was fighting to keep his wolf in check. I felt like an i***t! I’d been leading him on all evening and now that we were alone in my room, together for what should have been the perfect ending to the perfect night, I refused him. Don’t get me wrong. Over the past eighteen months, I’ve come to learn that he has quite the temper, but he had never taken it out on me. However
