His gaze lit up. His smile became sweet. “Of course, you do. I’m your mate.”

Kal still doesn’t understand that my love has nothing to do with us just being mates. I have long loved him even before we knew we were mates. I have loved him once upon a beautiful spring day. And I still did even when winter came and never left.

Regardless, I smiled and kissed another tear that fell from him. “We are bound by Fate and blessed by the Moon Goddess to meet. You may be my second-chance mate, Alpha King, but know that in my heart and in my life, you will always be...