Nicolas POV
"Do not push her," Ray warned. "Give her some time to respond to you!"
I held my breath, anxiously awaiting Zara's response. She appeared reluctant to accept me as her mate, even though a moment ago I mustered all my courage and threw my heart and soul at her.
Where did I go wrong?
What did I do wrong?
Did I wait too long to claim her as my mate?
Should I have stopped the mating ceremony and claimed her then?
I released Zara's face and took a step back, hope shattering my heart and sending the fragments flying across my chest like glass, leaving me in searing agony.
How could I have been so foolish as to think that after I had hurt her, she would still accept me?
This was entirely my own fault!
"Zara?" I spoke up in an attempt to get her attention, my voice breaking as ……
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