[Thousand years ago] “What’s the rush, father? Are you so tired of your daughter that now you’re keen to bind me with simply any stranger on the streets?” Selene rebutted, the graceful maiden exhausted and hurt from being slandered by her own family and friends. Just because she hadn’t found her mate yet didn’t mean she deserved to be treated as a traitor. It wasn’t her fault that the moon goddess was taking so long to match her with her soulmate. Was it? “You don’t understand, Selene!” Her father, the honorable Beta of the Silvermoon pack, growled, irritated and distorted by the outbursts of his only daughter, who hadn’t found her mate yet. How shameful was it—did she even know? She had reached the age of 25 and was yet to be mated. How long could he keep her with himself? In the

