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Mate Rite Gone Wrong

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Damien's POV

(The Mating Rite)

The sacred vow had been spoken and now, her skin bore my mark.

My canines had pierced her neck with a precision honed by centuries of instinct, yet my hands… they trembled.

The ceremony Hall was silent now. The voices of the elders had faded.

Evangeline hadn’t said a word since she signed the contract.

She stood still, jaw tight, her eyes glassy and distant like she wasn’t entirely here.

And I hated that. Because I had imagined this moment so differently once, years ago, in dreams I never dared give voice to. I had pictured reverence, emotion, surrender.

Not a woman standing before me like a warrior walking to her execution, not her shoulders squared as if bracing for the worst, not her eyes so hollow, so distant that for a second I wondered if she even felt the bond settle between us.

The mark pulsed. I could feel it already forming its tether, an invisible thread connecting her heartbeat to mine. It wasn’t complete yet; the full effec
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