Kael’s POV
Selene had accepted us.
Our mate, despite having just learned the truth about her nature only hours ago, had been more than willing to accept us as her mates.
I had feared she would reject us. That she would run, call us insane. But when I saw her surrender to desire, when her eyes sought us with the same urgency that burned within us, I knew we had been wrong.
I believe it helped that it was us, her mates, who told her the truth—and that her wolf had been there, eager to embrace us after recognizing us. Perhaps, had it been someone else who forced her to face that reality, things would have been different. But the mate bond, which she yielded to the moment we explained it, was what made her accept us.
I had no doubt about that.
Now, we could be honest. Completely open. We
