NATALIA POV
When you’re a child and someone you trust tells you something as a fact, you accept it, no questions asked. Like when my father told me I didn’t have a mate, that he would chose a wolf for me. It was easy for me to not only believe but also accept it. I also didn't question it.
Eventually, I understood that what he had really said was “No fated mate for you! I know better than the moon goddess and will find you a chosen.” At least that was the translation my wolf gave me shortly after we first met. Mia didn’t believe we weren't given a mate.
After weeks of her insisting there was no way our father could know we didn’t have a mate, she convinced me to question him. Not sure why I expected answers though. My father wasn’t the kind of wolf to give answers to anyone except his A
