Chapter 9

Esmeralda Pov

I couldn't understand why but I felt heartbroken by what he had said and the dismissive way he had said it. My heart ached for him and my whole body felt the harshness of his words, I could only allow tears fall from my eyes.

"Why did he say he was rejecting you?" I suddenly heard his voice ask.

I looked up from my feet and sniffled, "he mentioned something about a pure blood wolf and being mated with it"

I watched as he nodded his head while looking away "he wants to mate with a pure blood wolf so he could heal our father, he is terribly ill and with the blood of the pure blood wolf, he can do just that" 

The explanation he gave on behalf of his brother eradicated the feeling of heartbreak from my heart. My eyes suddenly became dry as a flower of hope blossomed in my heart after hearing what Killian had said. I was overjoye