Chapter 127
My mind went completely blank. God, this can’t be happening. This must be some sick joke.
Kieran is actually my fated mate. After I found my heart’s true belonging for this lifetime, he appeared before me. Fate is truly ridiculous.
My heart hammered against my ribcage as I stared at Kietan, his golden eyes locked on mine, the
red rose extended toward me like an offering.
No No. No.
But deep inside, beneath layers of denial and resistance, there was a pull a warm, magnetic tugging that made my body yearn to step closer to him. It was a sensation that promised completion, contentment, a feeling of coming home after being lost for so long. The pull was overwhelming, intoxicating, making me want to throw away everything, my love for Augustin, my promises, my choices, and surrender to what fate had decreed.
“He’s ours, Seraphine whined in my mind, her voice desperate with longing. Our mate. At last.”
My wolf was practically clawing at my insides, desperate to submit to Kieran, to have him mark us, own us. And the terrifying part was that I wanted it too My body ached to press against his, to feel his teeth at my neck, to belong to him in the most primal way possible,
Kieran took a step toward me, his eyes glistening with unshed tears. The gold in them flashed brighter- his wolf taking control. He reached out, his palm cupping my cheek, and I closed my eyes, unable to resist leaning into his touch.
His scent enveloped me – snow cedar mixed with musk and morning dew. It was an intoxicating combination that made my head spin and my knees weak. I wanted to bury my face in his neck and breathe him in until I was drunk on his essence.
“Mate,” his wolf growled, the sound sending shivers down my spine.
Seraphine howled in response within me, but I clamped down on her, refusing to let her take control. This couldn’t be happening. Not now. Not when I had finally found happiness with Augustin.
“Why?” I finally managed to say. Then anger surged through me, hot and violent. I shoved his hand away and stepped back. “Why didn’t you tell me that night in Forestvale? Why did you let me go back to Matthew? Why did you send me back to pain?”
Kieran flinched as if I’d slapped him.
“You knew I was suffering with Matthew! You knew he had betrayed me with Isabelle! Why didn’t you do something? You’re an Alpha! You could have taken me away, but you just let me leave!” The words poured out of me, angry tears streaming down my face. Kieran looked down, unable to meet my gaze.
“And now you show up with a fucking rose calling me ‘mate‘?” I laughed bitterly.
“Calm down,” Seraphine pleaded, but I was too furious to listen.
“Why didn’t you save me? Why didn’t you mark me?” I demanded, my voice breaking. “Do you have any idea how many nights I prayed to the Moon Goddess to send my fated mate to rescue me? And she answered! She sent you! But you didn’t want me!*
Kieran shook his head, tears streaming down his face. He looked devastated, misunderstood.
‘Or is this just about hurting Augustin in the worst possible way? Is that why you’re here now?” I accused.
‘No,‘ he whispered, shaking his head frantically.
“Then why now? Why come to me now when I’ve finally found happiness?”
Kieran swallowed hard. “I thought we had time,” he said, his voice hoarse. “I was waiting for Matthew to let you go on his own. I didn’t want
I burst out laughing, the sound bitter. “Matthew was never going to let me go! I had to offer myself as a war tribute to escape him! You didn’t want me then, so why do you want me now?”
‘I’ve always wanted you,” Kieran insisted, his eyes flashing. “From the moment I caught your scent – cream roses that made my wolf howl. But I wanted to wait for the right time, the perfect moment. I wanted to handle things properly.”
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“We were already allied with Pineridge Pack,” he continued. “I didn’t want to create problems. I thought I could reason with Matthew first, explain
*If you really cared, you wouldn’t have waited for the perfect conditions, I cut him off. You would have taken me that night-
I stepped closer, jabbing a finger into his chest. “Do you know what I did after 1 left Matthew? I wrote to every Alpha I could think of, begging to join that packs so I wouldn’t become a rogue. But you? You were waiting for a perfect moment that was never going to come!”
I laughed again. “That’s not how the world works, Kieran! Perfect is an illusion. It’s the lie we tell ourselves to avoid doing the hard things, the scary things, the things that matter! And with that decision, you gambled me away. You left me to suffer alongside Matthew and Isabelle.
Without warning, Kieran grabbed me and crushed his lips against mine. I wanted to push him away, to scream at him for daring to touch me, but my body betrayed me. It responded to him naturally, inevitably, like the tide answering the moon’s call.
He was pulling on the fated bond between us, and Seraphine was allowing it, welcoming it. His mouth moved from my lips to that sensitive spot behind my
greedily sucking and grazing it with his teeth, demonstrating his desperate want.
ear.
Berry.
Augustin’s voice echoed in my head, and it gave me strength. I shoved Kieran away, gasping for breath.
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