MERIDA

That very moment felt like a movie, so unreal. Never in a million years would I think that Lukan would ever defend me or come to my rescue.

I felt like I was swimming in the sky. I felt that happiness that comes when your mate defends you, when his wolf struggles to fight off those who try to bully you.

I felt like a high school girl who found out her crush was her mate.

But at the same time, I blamed myself.

I could have waited for a perfect time to tell him, or I shouldn't have told him in the first place.

I blamed myself for...