4.4

TRIGGER WARNING: CHILD ABUSE AND DEGRADATION

Upon her arrival at the temple, the priestess from before greeted her. Kataya raced to her with a slight smile on her face. “Greetings Priestess Jeremiah Lynn!”

The woman turned around with a tiny smile of her own. “Greetings little one.”

She launched into her question. “Why does the moon goddess only give you one mate, and if your mate leaves, you can never find another?”

Jeremiah Lynn gaped at her question. “Huh?

She asked again. “We were told you only get 1 fated mate and your mate can leave the community and reject you, but you never get another mate. Why did the moon goddess do that?”

Words rapidly ran through her mind, but none came out. She, herself, will be one of the cursed ones, as the other priests and elders call them. Cursed to have a fated mate, but never to be with them. “Little shifters shouldn’t learn about this.”

Kataya’s head lowered and her eyes turned down. “I’m sorry. I wanted to know if that was true.”

Jeremiah Lynn p