Arabella Thornhill:- "Arabella honey, please stop crying, my child. Elias said everything out of anger. I am sure he meant nothing like you meant nothing. You have to understand that he was hurt too. I don't know much, but I know one thing for sure Alpha Elias loves you so much and would willingly sacrifice his life to save yours." Maria tried to comfort me, giving me motherly affection, and stroked my hair. "I love him too, Maria. I love him more than I love anything, but I can't be the reason for his death, and at the same time I don't want to mate with Declan. It has to be Elias. Elias is The only man who can touch me and my body. I belong to him and he belongs to me." I murmured, in a low voice. Maria played with my hair; I felt her affection, and it enveloped me with warmth in her