The Northstar Hall fell completely silent at those words. Lucian acted as if he didn't notice the gazes around them. He pulled a dark blue velvet box from his chest pocket and dropped to one knee in front of Mara. Inside the box wasn't their old wedding ring, but rather a bond ring carved entirely from a single moonstone.
"I know I don't have the right to ask you to forget," he said. "But I'm willing to spend the rest of my life making it up to you. Come back to me, and I'll swear to the Moon Goddess again. From now on, I'll choose you before anyone else."
Three months ago, Mara might have cried upon hearing those words. Now, she only found them deeply ironic.
"You still don't understand," she replied.
"I do understand," he insisted. "I shouldn't have saved Selena, I shouldn't have mad
