Nikolai’s POV
It’s been three years, and I have yet to find my mate. For me, every day feels sour and bitter, but I put on a smile so it doesn’t affect my duty as an alpha and a king.
Great power comes with great responsibility, or so they say, but now I couldn’t help but wonder if this responsibility was keeping me from Tera.
My hands trembled, and the paintbrush slipped from my fingers, crashing to the ground.
I blinked, trying to pull myself out of my thoughts and back into reality.
I glanced around the room, my eyes landing on the dozens of portraits I had painted of her..Tera, my mate.
Her face was seared into my mind, the only thing that kept me going.
I had painted her every day for the last three years, afraid that if I stopped, I would forget the details.
The curve of
