Alessandro's POV
My mother's words of warning echoed in my head throughout that day, intertwining with the harsh truths I already knew and had wished to overlook: it was true, for the sake of my family and my pack, I had to sacrifice myself.
Despite having found my mate, I was now engaged to the only daughter of a powerful family; I couldn't step aside and expect no consequences. It was a simple equation: the sacrifice of one for the good of many.
But I refused to accept it. I refused to reject the Goddess's design.
Rejecting your mate, wasn't it akin to going against our creator's will?
My mother must have known that, yet she was determined for me to sacrifice myself.
Why?
She hadn't told me what she knew about Ivania's nature, and I was sure she must know more than she was w
