<span style="color: #ff8000">"they did win. i exiled Shauna because she loved me in a manner i no longer find acceptable. i will never allow anyone to love me as their mate again nor will i let anyone close enough to even think about loving them. i cannot bear that pain ever again and i absolutely refuse to do so."</span>she looked at him before she nodded and raised her glass.<span style="color: #ff8000">"it is good wine at the very least."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>