Aurora’s POV
I leaned against the back of my door the moment I stepped inside. My chest rose and fell too fast. All I could think about was running into Liam in the hallway earlier.
“Why did I have to see him?” I whispered.
My heart was still racing, the same wild beat it always did whenever he got too close. I hated it. I hated how my body still remembered him.
“He is still our mate,” my wolf said softly inside my head.
“That isn’t possible,” I muttered. “We broke the bond the day we signed those papers. The Moon Goddess wouldn’t be that cruel… would she?”
A sharp sting on my leg pulled me out of my thoughts. I looked down and saw the small cut I had given myself earlier while shaving in a hurry. I had been so excited about tomorrow’s date with Lucian that my hand shook.
I sighed,
