Stephen's POV
I still couldn't believe it.
The curse that had hung over me since the day I was born—one that vowed I would never locate my mate, that I would be forever trapped in solitude while others enjoyed the heat of genuine connection—was at last broken.
And not by anyone at all.
By her.
Hana.
The breeder I barely endured. The humble, reserved woman who spoke very little except to be spoken to, who never met my gaze, who walked as if she did not belong. The same Hana who now bore my twin heirs.
My mate.
The Goddess of the Moon must be truly looking over me. My fortune had shifted, and not as I had ever dreamed. The one person I had attempted to avoid, to push away from me, to keep distant—was the one fate chose for me.
I should have known something was off about her right fr
