Her Chosen Mate

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sed to be magical the day the moon

not

that makes me an outcas

the candles flickered before me. The maids gathered around, forcing sm

olf,Luna

dn't even

ugh me like tiny blades,

ay to survive in an Ashmoon Pack

s locked on mine. His presence was

His deep voice was

rt squ

knew what

ate. Please...

es, blowing ou

e was waiting... hoping the moon goddess would str

ke through

ain. Is

e was standing there with that wicked s

voice dripping with fake sweetness. "I ho

s giggled

the table, swallowing the

Not when Ry

against mine under the

. I've g

im. Gods, I wanted to

ess hadn't made h

other wolf... everyth

the sacred bond no matt

r creak

ha R

old eyes flicking straight to me

Arnon said, his voice

caught in

seemed to tilt

rs, not since the night his

me echoed in my

ca. You killed my fath

ed around mine, but

s was

er let me forget

hung heavy in the sky, casting s

y around my waist. He kept whispering promises in my ear

n my chest wou

mating ceremony felt like wa

the faint shimmer of my curs

tronger during

I could drain their wolf e

weapon, a tick

one who had ever b

that we were

eve me, do you?" Ryan's voic

ed up

nst my cheek, sending warmth through my frozen heart. "No ma

at tigh

she chooses s

d. "Then I'll re

to beli

e moon goddess had n

y started a

as the moon rose higher. The energy in the air cr

ge, my heart in m

od beside me... b

ked onto mine, bu

to me since he arrived

athing radiating of

rd, her silver eyes gl

eveals the mate bond... boun

ed to me

land." My he

eyes flicked betwee

... has be

, clutching Ryan

ease, let

sliced through the

arius De

world co

back, shaki

o, no

Not Darius. Not th

tightened, his body g

d, his dark eyes glea

was cold like he was spit

ned behin

reject me to throw

t. He held o

red at him frozen,

e words slipped out be

ed through

with something sharp

sk if you w

beside me, but Dariu

, his breath hot

et to choose

his hand

an. In front

I had won

know the war