Chapter 44

Malachi Andrews, the Alpha of Lindersay, looked out through the open windows of the infirmary at the two figures lying on two separate beds on opposite sides of the room.

Gazing at the star-crossed lovers, he wondered for the thousandth time…could love really conquer all?

This wasn’t the first time he had seen a pair, who weren’t mates, be drawn to each other like magnets…or perhaps, the better notion would be, ‘like moths to a flame’? Their love was always ill-fated, would perhaps always remain so.

But this was the first time someone had been able to break the mating bond and come out of it alive.

The Goddess Selene hadn’t been pleased.

It didn’t surprise him all too much since Gods weren’t used to defiance. They believed themselves to be the most supreme beings in the universe. He knew that better than anyone.

“Your Lordship.” A moon maiden came to bow before him, her midnight dark hair braided into a thousand braids around her head;