Chapter 31

CATHERINE.

‘Mate!’ Purity howled in my head.

I felt goosebumps rise in my skin as my heart thudded loudly. So loud that the whole ballroom noise vanished, and the only thing I could hear was my own heartbeat.

‘Catherine…’ Tyler’s voice reached my head, but I was so shocked that I was not able to answer him.

I kept walking alongside Dad until I finally found him. My gaze locked with the ocean-blue eyes that were staring right back at me, looking at me earnestly as if I were his prey.

I felt the mate bond snap between us, and I was left immobile, unable to take another step. The whole ballroom vanished. It was just me and my mate. His addicting scent was swirling around me, and it was making my knees buckle that I had to grip Dad’s arm tightly, or I might stumble forward.

“Catherine…” Despite standing beside me, Dad’s voice was so faint because all I could hear were growls everywhere.

My mate was Alpha Maddox of the Dark Forest Pack. He was part of the clan that attacked and took