“Why?” I whisper to the darkness, to the moon, to whatever cruel fate decided this was my destiny. “Why give me to someone who hates me?”
Astra had no wolf for most of her life. No wolf at all! And Lucian still claimed her, still loved her, still chose her above everything else. But me? I have a wolf—weak as she may be—but my own mate thinks I’m not worth his time.
He has made it clear in multiple ways, even in public. Three months ago, when there was an attack on a pack near the eastern border by the faction of the Umbra Council that is determined to retain purity, some of the royal healers were sent to help. I was included in that team. Our leader, the healer in charge, told me to tend to Seth. But when I approached him, he looked at me with those cold, green eyes and demanded someone
