Alpha Kael & His Slave Luna
"Holy...
Saying it out loud felt more heart-wrenching than when it was just a figment of my thoughts. When Liora had admitted it to me, we had both thought it was normal. She was a witch; it was possible that the mate bond wouldn't be as strong for her as it was for me. She felt an instant connection with me when we met, which only reinforced our theory. To us, our relationship wasn't defined by the mate bond. I felt it; she loved me, and that was fine.
Or it used to be.
As soon as Avalyn said those words, I felt my buried fears threaten to surface again. All I could think about was preventing history from repeating itself. Each day, I found myself drowning in the guilt of not being able to