Aria's POV
The silence between Damien and me felt heavier than the entire world.
The moon hung above us.
The bond pulsed quietly between our hearts.
And neither of us knew what to do.
A few minutes ago, I had believed my life was simple.
Painful.
Broken.
But simple.
Now everything had changed.
The Moon Goddess herself had told me the truth.
Damien was my mate.
Not Ethan.
Damien.
The man standing only a few feet away from me.
The man who had protected me.
Watched over me.
Stayed away from me.
For years.
Because he believed I belonged to his son.
My chest tightened.
How lonely must he have been?
How painful must it have been?
And yet he had never crossed a line.
Never touched me.
Never tried to claim me.
Never told me.
He had sacrificed his own happiness.
For Etha
