“Lenore,” I hiss. “Can't you be rational?”
“I am being rational. I can’t do this anymore, Torben. I can’t keep pretending that there is a good reason I got stuck with you. But there is no good reason. The goddess just f*****g hates me for some reason, so she found the worst possible man to mate me with,” she growls out through gritted teeth. “I am going home and going back to my life.”
“The goddess doesn’t hate you,” I nearly yell. “I need you, Lenore. I love you.”
She looks at me with tear-stained eyes, “I know to give you an heir. Nothing else.”
“What about the pack? I have seen their response to you. Do you want to disappoint Charlie? You promised him a birthday party,” I explain.
“I thought I couldn't throw him a pa
