Kaelis’ Pov
Orin.
I couldn’t stop thinking about him, about the way he avoided me after everything. How could someone I barely knew leave such a mark on me?
It wasn’t love— it couldn’t be love besides I’d only met him, yet my chest tightened at the memory of him, the way he looked at me, the way the way his presence seemed to fill the air.
No!
Stop!
I clenched my fists and ground my teeth together. My teeth ground together so hard I thought I might break them.
I pressed the needle in a little too deep and the patient hissed.
“Sorry,” I murmured, my hands steady, but my mind was in a frenzy.
The Moon Goddess won’t be so cruel to have bound me with someone like him. My mate?
I could barely imagine it. Everyone dreamed of being chosen by their mate, of finally having someone who wo
