Esme I hum while combing my hair as I sit at the dressing table, looking at myself in the mirror. Memories of last night fill my head, and I giggle. Aidan and I made love and completed the mate bond. Goddess, it was everything I ever imagined it would be and more. Aidan was so gentle with me, even though I told him he didn’t need to be. My mate smiled and said, ‘It’s your first time, Esme. I want to make it special for you.’ That meant so much to me. I’m a Lycan, and I can take pain and roughness. But the fact Aidan wanted to make love to me and not just fuc.k me showed me how much he respected me. Since returning home, Aidan has been coaching me on how to be his Queen. I had been having lessons with Madam Lita, a Vampire historian, on Vampire etiquette. She was pleased with how much I

