Max knew it wouldn't be easy to take Chandria out of Howling Peak, but he had to at least try. That's why he had told her the truth about her identity, hoping it would help him gain her trust. However, he never imagined that, despite the countless reincarnations, one thing that remained constant within her was her desire to protect the people she cared about – and he happened to be one of them.
Max was taken aback when he learned about the Lunar bond. After revealing to Chandria that they were fated mates in an attempt to convince her to come with him, he realized that undergoing this ritual was now a possibility. But he never thought it would be his own curse, the one he had endured for centuries and had become numb to, that would push them into it.
Max was willing to bear the curse as
