AVELORA
I stood up and started walking toward him stopping just a few feet away, close enough to see the way his muscles tensed under his shirt. “You’re the only Alpha in the world right now, Khyrix. You could have any she-wolf you want from any territory, everyone wants you. You could wait for your fated mate. Your real one. Why would you create this whole ruse?"
He turned then, the expression on his face made me take a step back. He looked cold and detached.
"Fated mate?" He ran a hand through his hair, the gesture more frustrated than tired. "That would just be another way for the elders to control my life." He looked at me as if contemplating telling me more, before deciding against it. "I hate the 'fated mate' nonsense. Some perfect soulmate chosen by a Goddess?"
“Isn't that how i
