My eyes sting with tears as I look up at him. “Was it ever real or were you looking just to use me?”“You tell me, Karlita. Did if feel fictitious when I kissed you, touched you in ways no other man ever will. Or perhaps it felt fake when I held you every night in our bed?” his gaze softens. “Because to me, you're the greatest thing that has ever happened to me and everyone including her knows that with you is the happiest I've been in centuries.”“Me too!” I nod, letting my tears run free as I shove him, my efforts futile because he hardly stirs. “You make me so happy which is why I'm so furious at you! How do I move past this knowing you lied to me?”……….When Roman rejects Alpha Karla as his mate, it puts her reign as an Alpha in jeopardy. Fortunately for Karla, she has long caught the eye of the dragon King, Kaiven Valerius who offers an unexpected solution: marriage.Will the two creatures build a bond unshaken by the obstacles created in their paths or will they break under the guise of duty to their people?Follow Karla and Kaiven as they discover what true love means and see to what extent they're willing to go to preserve their union.A.N-This book contains not only explicit sexual content, adult language, violence, but may also possess scenes inappropriate for some readers & so, when you find your trigger skip to the next chapter. Your mental health matters.Xo, Athena.🦋