“Alright then, since you said that, I’ll believe you.” Selene smiled at me with her usual gentleness.
“Leona, you’re kind and beautiful. If it weren’t for Alpha Nick, I think we could’ve been great friends.”
She walked away, but her words kept echoing in my mind like silver needles pricking again and again.
In my previous life, the night before the bond ceremony, Selene had come to find me.
She brought photos of her and Alpha Nick from the past, and a worn pledge they carved in the Moonstone Circle when they were young. Then she said:
“Alpha Nick only agreed to bond with you out of responsibility. He will never love you. Cancel the ceremony—it’s good for you in every way.”
Back then, I didn’t take her seriously. I firmly believed Alpha Nick loved me. I believed the bond would bring m
