I Let My Groom Go After 99 Mistakes
When my mate, Dorian Roumanoff, mistakes our room for the 99th time and delivers the moonstone necklace I'm supposed to wear at our mating ritual to my stepsister, Vanya Lovel's, bedroom, he irritably faults me.
"Why didn't you remind me? Forget it. Since I've already given the necklace to her, I'll let her wear it.
"Vanya hasn't been sleeping well; the moonstone that's been blessed by the Moon Goddess will definitely help her sleep soundly."
I stand rooted to the spot, numb. I've gotten used to Dorian's repeated "mistakes".
A month ago, we agree to hold our mating ritual, and Vanya comes all the way to the Sable pack to attend it. Ever since she moves into our manor, Dorian has mistaken her room for mine innumerable times.
First, he delivers the moonlit roses that are meant for our mating ritual to Vanya's room by mistake.
Then, he laments, "Since I've already given them to her, I'll let her keep them. After all, Vanya has never received roses her entire life."
During the full moon hunt, he "accidentally" sends the snow fox pelt he hunted to Vanya, simply because she's in poor health and needs a cloak. Now, even the necklace blessed by the Moon Goddess is also "accidentally" given away by him.
I stand frozen in place, watching him walk into Vanya's room without a single backward glance. Little does he know, I've already booked a ship ticket to leave the Sable pack. I won't be attending tomorrow's mating ritual.
Since he loves giving things away so much, I might as well give him to her, too.