Kal’s POV (written in 3rd person)

For the past years before he met Evadne, he’s been chased by death. He was almost impaled in the head with a sharp rock when he slipped. He was nearly burned to death during a candlelight dinner. Those nightmares may make no sense to a powerful Alpha King like him, but those are his nightmares nonetheless.

‘Does Evadne really mean it when she told me she loves me?’ he found himself asking. ‘No matter,’ he bared his teeth. “I vow to the Moon Goddess above that my mate will always be at my side even when she doesn’t really love me or will never...