Nathaniel POV
“Dada?” River tugs on my shirt over and over again, “dada, hook!” he’s desperate to get my attention, but I'm having a hard time taking my eyes off of her.
She’s happy. She’s radiating it and it makes my heart pump faster. It’s not just that. I can feel her love. I know she loved me once, but I forgot how amazing it feels to be that lucky.
I also forgot the strange sting of guilt and self-doubt whenever I realize how undeserving I am. I still don’t understand why I was chosen to have a mate. Back when we first met there was no such thing. I almost didn’t believe it was real. But it was. It is! And she is as beautiful as ever.
Her pale blond hair is put up in a complicated braid on top of her head. There are pink flowers in her hair. That seems to be a thing becau
