SAMAELMy hands remained clenched as I walked outside the house and towards the garden.“Are you tormenting yourself because you defended our mate?” My wolf asked.“Shouldn’t I?” I muttered. “What if they think I care? And she is not our mate. Amara is,”Rhaegar grunted in disapproval. “I loved Amara, but she is gone. The goddess has given us someone new. Nalani is our mate, and you cannot continue to fight it," he argued.I pushed him to the back of my mind because I wasn’t ready to argue with him about that topic or remind him that for reasons still unknown to me, Nalani wasn’t aware we were mates.It made everything easier.The garden smelled wrong when I stepped inside. The smell of herbs and plants had disappeared, and instead, it was filled with the stink of ash, old smoke, and something dark I couldn’t identify.“Anything yet?” I asked Adler as he approached, and he shook his head.“We’ve gone through all the beds, and this was the only one." He pointed at the charm Nalani had
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