Twenty-Four

Cindy's POV

Two weeks later, we talked that day about my second chance in life and whether there would be a full moon in a few days. The palace has a library, and I spend my time there. I found out that I was going to suffer unbearable pain after that full moon because of the heat that I was going to experience. It was because I had not allowed Alder to mate with me when he had already marked me.

I've read that because he marked me, my wolf is going to transform into a Lycan, too. Charles had marked Mia, but she was human and would only have her Lycan on the full moon as well. But because they already mated, she won't be able to experience the heat. I am really scared because, based on what I have read, I am going to feel this pain, and it will only disappear if Alder and I mate.

I didn't want that to happen. I remember him telling me that I was going to mark him when he became more intimate, and he would have no choice but to do that, and I understand it now. It was not because o