I know what he means. Our mating ceremony is in three months, when winter arrives. I’ll officially become the crown princess and eventually the queen. The responsibilities that come with that title still terrify me, but tonight—tonight I feel like maybe I can manage them.
Maybe I’m stronger than I ever imagined.
As Lucian carries me through the corridors toward our chambers, I catch glimpses of myself in the polished surfaces we pass. I look different somehow. More confident. The scared girl who ran from the Silver Stone Pack is gone, replaced by someone who belongs here.
I’m still not remarkable in my own eyes—just a healer’s daughter who got extraordinarily lucky. But as I look up at the man carrying me, as I feel the steady warmth of our bond, I realize that maybe remarkable isn’t wh
