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The look on his face wasn't encouraging at all. He looked so broken, different from the confident man I knew before. Which made me wonder what was going on in his head? Maybe it had something to do with what I said about his mate.

"Are you okay?" I asked as I placed my hand on his and squeezed softly

"Sorry, that's a sore subject for me," Alpha Abel said as he looked up at me, I saw the pain in his eyes, and it made my heart hurt

"What's wrong? Does it have to do with your mate?" I asked, and he nodded, "You don't have to...