"You must be mistaken for your highness." I whispered, "How can I be your mate when I'm just a slave?"

"So you think I am mistaken?" He said thoughtfully, "I've met many women since I came of age and none of them were my MATE. ​I'm sure my wolf wouldn't recognize his MATE wrong unless he was a fool!"

"But I.." I was too eager to tell Prince William that I had just been rejected by my MATE.

"Doesn't your wolf feel anything?" He scowls at me.

I shook my head, "My wolf was injured and she hasn't fully recovered."

"Was she injured?" Prince William asks, "Why?"

"Because."

"That's okay,...