on'

rs, I had been searching

world in my desperate attempt to find her. No matter where I went, no matter how hard I tried, there was never eve

t she had been living all th

, yet completely

ce soulmate bonds, I might have continued searching for years without success. It

was. Standing ri

s slender, almost alarmingly so, as if she barely ate. I saw faint tear stai

ightened a

o had hurt her? Who had mad

yself to suppress it for the moment. There woul

breathtaking. And the scent was hard to av

anyone I had ever seen. She was everything I had imagined in my dreams and more. From the mo

y mate, an

a decade, my mate," I said. "And now

powerful as the

f my life. Years of loneliness, frustration, and uncertainty va

as nothing like wh

er fate, Reina quickly stepped back, pulling away from my

asked in disbelief,

pond, she shook he

," she stuttered, her eye

struck me

h

reaction, Fredrick's harsh

you even realize who is standing in front of you? This

ly, she began to cry. She cried as if

ed in c

wrong w

e reacting

te and my des

happy? Shouldn'

smile, to feel the bon

agination, had I th

t a mate," Reina

pierced

, I was unab

redrick hurried forward,

astily. "She has been under a lot of stress lately b

redrick added firmly, "As per your proposa

lifted her head to look a

ecision. "We aren't waiting u

f eyes turned toward me. Only then did Reina loo

ontinued firmly. "Everything has already b

tly in shock, and her

plied quickly, forcing a polite smil

her away. Reina stumbled slightly, her steps hesitant, as though she

her own home. No father should allow his child to be treated that way. And I didn't want

ned my gaze t

your daught

ow in my eyes

ply. "Not at all, Alpha Damon," he replied without

to him, forcing him

gitimate daughter?" I demanded. "Why would y

rdened with

be treated with respect," I continued coldly. "Sh

towering over his trembling form.

ally. "Yes, Alpha

istake you have made. For every wound you have caused her.

to a dangerous whisper. "Because if I do

who understood my co