Lorien’s POV
I stared at the letter between Auren’s fingers, watching the way his jaw tightened as he glared at it. He didn’t even try to open it just held it there like it had personally offended him. I had a feeling it wasn’t the message itself that bothered him, but the fact that my name was written beside his.
Pretending to be mates in public was one thing. Letting the world believe I was Luna Velmont was another entirely. That title probably scraped at every instinct in him and in his wolf.
Wolves were naturally possessive, even before they met their true mates. The last thing I wanted was for his wolf to feel betrayed by me pretending to take a place that didn’t belong to me.
When Auren still didn’t move, I reached out, slipped the envelope from his hand, and broke the seal myse
