-Lukas-
The look on Ana’s face mirrored the one I had worn when my father informed me about a second mate. I had absolutely no interest in another mate, even though Ana herself had three others. I had been raised to believe that only a true mate would suffice, so how could my father even suggest this?
“A… second mate?” she whispered.
“Yes,” I replied.
Her caressing gesture halted, and we lay on the bed merely gazing at one another.
“I see,” she murmured. “Why?”
“To secure the royal lycan line and to give my pack and people a proper leader,” I admitted, seeing the pain in Ana’s eyes. “His words,” I added.
“Goddess… Then why am I still here if I am so unfitting?”
“Because he knows it’s disrespectful to the Goddess to refuse her gifts,” I explained.
“Then what is my purpose?” she inq
