Semua Bab I Choose Second Chance Mate After Rebirth, Childhood Sweetheart Regretted It: Bab 11 - Bab 16

The next day, wolves crowded around the edges of the execution platform.Norman had ordered everyone to come and watch the execution.I glanced up at the sky, my plan already in place.Just before they set the fire to burn me, I laughed out loud.Many of the old Alpha's supporters cursed at me."What are you laughing at now, you bitch?""I'm laughing because this place really is as savage and backward as they say."I sneered and raised my voice."I came to the North by the command of the Moon Goddess. Wherever I go, light follows. Months ago the Moon Goddess came to me in a dream. She told me your old Alpha's cruelty was why the North never sees sun or moon all year. She charged me, as a Luna, to bless the North: to kill the old king of the North, ease the endless winter, and bring back the moon.""Yet the old Alpha dared to try to kill me, and in the end he was struck down by the backlash.""And now you mean to kill me too. That's a death wish of your own making."The old Alpha's supp

In the frozen, snow-blanketed land, Kristoff stood waiting.Before he could react, I landed a punch square on his face."Have you lost your mind?"It was the coldest I'd ever been toward him since the day we met."Matilda, I've finally found you."His voice was frantic, even choked, and his eyes reddened along with it."I am the late Alpha's Luna now, and the unmarked Luna of the North's new Alpha. Watch your words."At these words, Kristoff's eyes grew redder still."No... how can this be. Stop this, Matilda. I've come to take you home. You've suffered, haven't you? I'll take you back right now!"I looked at his outstretched hand and struck it aside without hesitation."Taking another pack's Luna without leave. Are you trying to start a war with the North?"A look of hurt and remorse crossed his face."I should have moved against the North long ago, from the very day you came here. Matilda, only by losing you did I learn how much you mean to me. My fated mate, my love..."The anguish

I was Norman's Second Chance, and by unspoken agreement we never spoke of the past again.In this life I was his only wife, and he never strayed or cared for anyone else.In the politics of the North he kept nothing from me, and I never failed the trust he placed in me.I introduced new farming methods to the North, and the harvests grew richer.Through our efforts, relations between the North and the Riverlands grew ever warmer.When the vampires attacked, with the North's help the Riverlands suffered almost no losses.He held me and kissed my eyes tenderly."In the next life, I want to meet you first and be your fated mate. Best of all, let us be of the same pack, so I can stay close to you in our homeland."So he had known all along.Known that I longed for the Riverlands pack, that I longed for my father far away.Still, meeting him in this life was my good fortune.Norman stayed by my side always, even after our son inherited the pack.He would often walk with me to the border bet