Nova looked sadly at Whitefang. "I do not see you that way and I never have." she said softly as she tilted her head up towards the bright sky. "I have never thought I would ever find my mate and so far I have not even caught a scent. You may not know this but I was orphaned as a pup and this pack's old healer brought me into this pack after she found me in the woods wondering around half dead and starved. My mother told me her mate kicked her out of his pack because she wasn't good enough to be the alpha female. The irony is he couldn't find a new mate nor did he know she was pregnant." she said while she looked up then she looked towards the woods. "I personally have never thought so highly of mates anyway because I will lose my freedom, and besides as healer I can still help the pack." she said as she quirked her head over towards him with sadness in her icy orbs.