Beckham POV
"What the hell is wrong with you" Gideon growls at me as I speed away from the house. "Gideon, I really don't want to do this right now." "Well, to f**king bad. You hurt our mate. You need to go back and make things right." "I can't, Gideon. Don't you think it killed me to see the pain in her eyes, because it did? We can't have another mate. Have you forgotten everything that happened?"
"I have always been proud to be your wolf, but right now I'm not. You don't get to be a coward because of some misguided guilt or loyalty to our first mate," he says. "Losing Deborah almost killed us, and we have Lily to think about. She is more important than any chance we have at happiness with a new mate. We failed to protect our mate. Is that what you want for Rosalyn?"
"Bullsh*t" he gro
