The Luna's Groom
They both froze as a guard appeared, shining a torch around the area before moving on, leaving them in uneasy silence.
Severus replayed her words in his mind, feeling a strange warmth flood his chest. He had stayed devoted to her, rejected his fated werewolf mate, and endured loneliness, even the threat of death, rather than betray her. His love for her was undeniable. Yet now, it felt complicated—perhaps she only loved him because there was no one else, because she was suffering under Raphael’s brutal hands, and because he had personally killed her fiancé during the war.
“Why?” he finally asked, voice hoarse and uncertain.
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