Valine looked at Dimitri, shocked and horrified at the same time. Her reaction was completely different from her wolf who was howling in delight inside her head, chanting that their mate finally wanted them.

But she was far from agreeing with that comment. What Dimitri did just made her escape hard. But deep down, his words tugged at her heart, bringing warmth to the open claim. Her situation however was always in her way. She couldn't celebrate it because the reality was different. She was never a person who dwells for long on a vision that has a very low chance of happening. Nothing changed because he was still a...