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
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