Edna's pov

The crowd gasped in shock at the sound of Darell calling me his mate but ignored them. I was too focused on him and there was silence between us.

Every limb in my body wanted to be marked by him so I stepped closer to him as I waited for him to accept me as his mate.

His eyes bored into mine before he opened his mouth to speak.

"I reject you as my mate,*

"I accept you as…" I paused as his words sank in.

"What?"

My eyes widened in shock and my cheeks burned in emberrasment.

"You heard him, he rejected you," The Luna said, walking...