Kara collapsed to the ground watching Kylen Madden walk away. It was no different from any other time, except for the words he had spoken before hand.
"I, Kylen Richard Madden, future Alpha of the Black Moon Pack, reject you, Kara Martins, as my mate."
Those words, the tone of his voice when he said them, the look on his face - Kara could remember every detail. It was as if that single moment was playing on a continuous loop, so she had to hear them over and over again. Each time, the syllables made her heart twist in her chest and send pain throughout her body all while she struggled to just breathe.
One breath in.
One breath out.
That was all Kara could do at the moment. Why those words meant so much, she did not understand. Only that there was a sense of grief and loss that ca
