"Of course. I, Cywen Holle, swear to the Luna by the orc's mate contract to protect Lilith Wentworth forever. When she needs me, I will be there. If I break this oath, may ten thousand arrows pierce my heart."
A warm current flowed through their bodies as the contract took effect.
Cywen looked at Lilith seriously with his golden eyes and whispered, "Are you reassured now? This is a real contract, not just a casual human oath."
Lilith snorted. "Then you have to become stronger, much stronger."
"As you wish." Cywen scratched her nose. He had a strange feeling, an unfamiliar emotion filling his body that he couldn't describe.
He realized that he had never been alone in the past hundreds of years. Every time he woke up from losing control, he would lose that part of his memory. He orig
