SERAPHINA It's been two days since I discovered Kieran is my mate. Two days since that desperate, angry kiss in the council chamber that changed everything. Days since the bond snapped into place between us with devastating force, making us both recoil in horror at what fate had done. Two days of sitting alone in this cell, replaying every moment. I can still feel the ghost of his lips on mine, still taste him on my tongue. Still feel the electricity that raced through my body when his hands gripped my wrists. The memory makes Luna stir restlessly, whining for him even though we both know he despises what we are to him. After the kiss, he'd torn himself away like I'd burned him. Stood there staring at me with those ice-blue eyes full of shock and fury and something that looked almost

