DAZE
The Next Morning
I didn’t sleep.
My body tossed, my mind restless. My wolf, Wane, wouldn’t shut up, not after what happened last night.
Her face wouldn’t leave me... the softness of her chocolate eyes, the way her long raven-black hair caught the light. She looked so much like Queen Isolde and yet… different. Brighter. Warmer. Mine.
When Wane howled Mate, my whole body froze. I didn’t want it to be true. I didn’t ask for it. I had already promised myself, promised Arianna, promised everyone... I would reject my mate whenever I found her.
But the Moon Goddess was cruel.
Because she gave me Elsa.
The memory of her eyes brimming with tears as she clung to Queen Isolde yesterday clawed at me. My wolf had roared at me for not running to her, for not holding her, for not claiming h
