Viego had never been told no before since he'd become alpha of his pack. So having his mate do so resulted in conflicted emotions he didn't know how to handle which resulted in him driving his mate away. Nesta was a girl without a wolf, she was human. She could not yet feel the mate bond for she had to be marked and mated first in order to do so. But with the impression Viego was leaving on her, she found herself conflicted with the choice of staying forever and becoming a leader of a wolf pack, or leaving for good and resuming human life. ••• "You did a wonderful job convincing people that you love me, I almost fell for it." "You're the Luna." He didn't even spare me a glance as he took off his jacket and threw it onto the chair in his room. "Really? That's all you have to say in return? That I'm the Luna?" "My pack needs their Luna, therefor you're stuck here." I was starstruck by his words. Never in a million years did I ever think I could be disrespected in such a way and still keep my cool. After a short second my words slashed the silence. "I want my life back. My old life. The time I have been here you have made me feel nothing but miserable. Honestly? I wish we never met."