~ ROSELLE ~ I fooled myself... I decided to let go of my insecurities and lose myself in the peace I'd finally found, only to be dragged into another endless loop. He's eventually going to find his mate... and then he'll marry her. I might end up dead like the six brides before me. And even if I don't—just like he promised—I'm still going to become the other woman in his life, because I don't think I could stand by and watch him suffer when he could end it all by marrying his mate. It hurts. Even though I try to bask in the comfort he gives me, even though I let myself believe his promises... it doesn't change the fact that it hurts. Why did the Goddess have to make my fate this cruel? Just when I finally found someone who stands beside me, who fights for me, who sees me for who I am a

