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Athena
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“I can’t reject my mate, Athena,” he repeats, and I jump to my feet, telling myself I must be dreaming. He can’t mean what I think he does. “I’m sorry, Athena. I’m so sorry,” he adds, following me to my feet, and I shake my head in disbelief, feeling dizzy suddenly.
“I rejected my mate for you, Valerio.”
“I know, and I’m sorry,” he says, trying to touch me, but I swat his hands away.
“I don’t need you to be sorry! I need you to do your duty to me, to your father, and my father. You agreed, Valerio.”
“Don’t you think I know that? I know what this means, Athena. But I can’t reject her. She’s human, and she’ll- “he cannot finish the sentence and I freeze in my spot.
Human? What the hell? I tell him what he’s telling me is impossible. He will
