ope and betrayal. Since I was ten, I had anti
years tall and a common ome
g. For the first time, the wolf in me stirred. I shifted, and immediately I fel
ticipation, so I ran towards him
top of my voice. You f
oking confused, like he didn't
d me with a commandi
n, you're my mate Evan.
ing, and you are not my
aid, breathless and heartbroken.
he said. This time so loudly that everyone around us could h
ong the pack gathering which w
gh the mark that had appeared the moment my wolf stirred.
ow...
?" I whispered, my v
nner. "What else do you want
line. The only person fit to be my mate is Clarissa Vain.
her sleek golden hair catching the moonlight like a goddess descending from
orry really. "You really thought y
right." The bond, I felt it a
ou felt was your desperation, not fate.
lasphemy. Even daring to question the moon goddess during
he pack were beginning to make mockery of me. S
imagine
e soft glow on my s
s mark doe
hen..
like my soul w
The same earth I'd dreamed of dancing on beside my
ed the bond," s
he probably did some spe
er be chosen. Evan deserv
aggers, each one diggin
shaking. "Moon goddess, I whispered i
fated mates were revealed under the goddess's light. I had trained for this moment, ho
ifting, the connection and th
I wasn't some random w
o
d a h
ly, still on my knees. "
serious, Lila. And you ne
" She'd already embarrassed herself in front of
-low, cruel, echoing ar
too strong for me to say. "I didn't want it to be you-but
he said, his voice low but firm. A
gn
none
t, my legs trembling
l," I said, my voice crac
dn't
roat. I turned around and pushed through the crowd, not cari
run, far away f
tearing at the same time. My feet poun
didn't
ldn't
did, I knew the pain
my palms on the rough dirt. My breath started t
, but I couldn't de
ach. A sharp pain twisted thro
I leaned against a tree
whispered. "Moon goddess
o dizzy
remembered, just like a flash, I remember
hs ago. I could remember vividly the hunger I sensed in his ki
burying his face in my neck. "Ev
self, everything he h
sted again, ha
used and didn't know how to help myself, curled in
the rejection and shame
m
can'
moon goddess again," don't
the last thin