Because somewhere along the way, without even realizing it, I had stopped feeling like too much and started feeling wanted instead.
Professor Kenna sighed the long-suffering sigh of a woman who managed Monsters for a living.
“Very well,” she announced finally. “Mr. McFadden will be taken to the infirmary and once he regains consciousness he will be billed for the damages. The rest of you will kindly refrain from triggering any further mythological blood feuds before midnight.”
“No promises,” Menon muttered.
The professor pointed sharply at him.
“You, especially.”
A smile tugged unexpectedly at his mouth.
He was beautiful, my mate.
Terrifyingly beautiful.
And all mine.
The realization settled deep into my bones while the moonlight shimmered softly across the midway around us.
For the first time in my entire life—I truly felt chosen.
Chapter 24-Sten
Owning who I truly was in front of the entire Spring Equinox Festival should have felt humiliating.
Instead, it felt like freedom.
The ley lines crossing Asgarheim shimmered silver-blue through the night sky as I guided my mate through the winding forest paths leading away from the festival grounds and deeper toward my private tower residence at the edge of Runevald’s northern cliffs.
Students stared as we passed.
Of course they did.
Word traveled quickly through magical institutions. Faster still when moon gods descended from the heavens to bless a public claiming ceremony between a celestial heir and a Witch from one of the oldest covens on Earth.
But honestly?
I doubted anyone looked at me for long.
Not when Amrin walked beside me glowing like living moonlight itself.
Gods.
My Luna was breathtaking.
The blue-black gown I crafted for her shimmered with every step she took, lunar moths glittering softly along the folds of her cloak while silver-blue magic still crackled faintly beneath her skin from Máni’s blessing.
Mine.
The matebond thrummed warmly through my chest at the thought.
Every few seconds I caught myself simply staring at her like some lovesick fool.
Her hair.
Her mouth.
