I sat at my desk, still picking at the remains of the food Ivy had brought. My mind was swimming with everything the Moon Goddess had revealed the night before. Ryder was always meant to be my mate, just not in this way. It felt like my whole world had been rewritten, and now, nothing made sense.
The door creaked open, and my mother stepped in, her face clouded with concern. I braced myself. I could already sense she knew something was off.
“Faye," she started softly, her voice almost hesitant, "Ivy told me about the ceremony... what the Moon Goddess said." She paused, her eyes searching my face. "Was it the same for your father and me? Did she say anything about us?"
I exhaled deeply, the weight of her question pressing down on me. “Yeah,” I murmured. “The Goddess said one of you was a
