Nine

Alder's POV

My mate could really fight; her human form was in shape, and her movements were swift and precise. Clover's dad must have trained her roughly. I looked at him, and I saw how proud he was of her. Cindy, on the other hand, must have and undergo intensive training as well for her to move that way and match Clover's body.

When she asked me who my mate really was between her and Clover, I actually didn't know what to say. It was the first time that I encountered something like that. But what I know is that she's mine and no one else's. I wanted to hesitate to accept her at first because one of the palace elders prophesied that I would be mated to a witch, but I was now making my decision to accept her based on my instincts and feelings. Because that is what my beast has been telling me.

I was in pain when she got hit, and there was a lot of time when I wanted to kill Vlad, but I managed to stop myself. It was my mate's decision to challenge him, and I didn't want to make her