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He hesitated, Eva saw it clearly. 
                          
He struggled so hard to choose between the two most important wishes of his life. But eventually he had to choose one of them and he did.
                          
He chose the throne.
                          
It hurt. Bad. 
                          
It hurt her so damn much that she stopped breathing for a few minutes when he gave her that full of longing and pain filled look before walking out of her apartment.
                          
But she could not cry. Not for the person who chose his position and own selfish need over his life partner. 
                          
From what she understood till now from the both of them about wolves, they mate for life and their life is awfully long. 
                          
When he is ready to just throw away that gift of nature just to become an alpha, fuck tears, she would not even give a second glance to him now.
                          


                          
Seven Days Later
                          
*************
                          
"Come on, let me come with you today." Rush whispered in Eva's ear as he hugged her from behind in the lift on the way to the office.
                          
She shuddered a little. It had become a habit of Rush now a days to torture her a little before sending her to her office.
                          
And she could feel that behind all the pleasurable torture that he made her go through, he hid the worry. He knew she was still reeling from the pain but he was making damn sure that not even a little bit of problem touches her now.
                          
"You know you can not. Stop asking." She replied with a little smile when he started dropping little kisses on her neck.
                          
He fussed a little more when the lift came to a halt at her office floor before accepting defeat and letting her go. 
                          
************
Rush's P.O.V 
************
                          
I have not talked to Liam since the incident. Life seems miserable. He had stopped coming to office from the past week.
                          

The two people who were my lifeline were hurting the most. Even though Eva has not said anything and nor has Liam but the agony of the situation is so evident that I can feel every second of it like physical pain.
                          
But no matter what I feel, the choices have been made. Liam is my twin. We are inseparable. No matter what happens, he will always be a part of me.
                          
But he made his choice pretty clear. And he is wrong. I can not be a part of his disaster. 
                          
Not after we both had to wait so many decades for Eva to come into our lives.
                          
******
                          
Liam's POV
                          
I walked down the hall towards Aster's room. Again. The moment I had walked out of Eva's door, I knew I had made a big fucking mess of my life. And I was intent on remedying the situation with her. 
                          
But the most important thing roaming through my head was, how the hell should I break the engagement with Aster? 
                          
I do not know what the hell was wrong with me. But I could not seem to... goddammit.
                          
Something was definitely wrong with me. Something very, very... strange. 
                          
The past few days of my life had been spent in turmoil. 
                          
The worst thing was, I was not even sure of my feelings about anything anymore. My senses had started to betray me.
                          
I have been trying to tell her about my mate to break our engagement but whenever I am around her, I get this peacefully exotic sensation all over my body. 
                          
She touches my hand and I become putty in her hands. I start to feel like I am in love.
                          
With Aster. 
                          
******
                          
Just as Liam entered inside Aster's room, the strong scent of rose flowers hit him straight. It was the same smell that always came from Aster. 
                          
It made him dizzy and somewhat.. agonisingly horny. But Aster's scent was not like Eva's scent. 
                          
Eva's scent was naturally pure. Like a soft touch of nature's beauty in rain.
                          
He shook his head hard to clear out the fog that had suddenlystarted to cloud his mind. He needed to focus. He had decided that it was about time that he gets his shit together and tell Aster. 
                          
He could not handle the torture anymore. He needed his love, his Eva with him. To hell with the fucking throne and Alpha position. 
                          
Suddenly the bathroom door opened and Aster came out of there in a tiny towel wrapped around her damp body. The towel was barely covering her heavy bosom and hips.
                          
But he did not feel anything for her in that moment. No sexual desire, no increased heartbeats that he always gets whenever he is around Eva. Nothing.
                          
"Liam?" Aster's startled voice broke his reverie. 
                          
He turned around quickly and said,
                          
"Uh.. sorry. Sorry. I needed to talk to you about something. I will come by later."
                          
But just as he took a step forward , with the speed of lightning she was in front of him, blocking his way.
                          
"Why not now?" She whispered sultarily. 
                          
She touched his cheek tenderly and said, "It seems like the perfect timing to me."
                          
And in that exact moment he felt like every blood cell in his body has melted into sexual desire and settled into his groin. 
                          
A passion so hot burned through him that in that moment he wanted nothing more than to please and pleasure the woman standing in front of him.