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“You’ll be forced to see him with another. Happy and starting a family of his own. One without you in it.”
Pain. Loss. Betrayal. It cut so deep into me, I could barely breathe.
“You’ll start to die on the inside. Your wolf will be in excruciating pain. Every day you’ll wither a little more until only a shell of a woman remains.”
I shook my head; I couldn’t bear it any longer. Pressing my palms against my ears, I sank to the floor. “St-stop,” I stuttered, tears streaking down my face. “P-please, stop.”
Memories of Raiden and I flashed in my mind, fueling my sorrow.
“What about my mate? If Raiden has a different mate, shouldn’t I have one too?”
“Your true mate is dead.” His words cut through me. “The mate you were fated to be with died two years ago, during a rogue attack on his pack.”
With trembling hands, my fingers clawed at the dirt. “I don’t believe you.”
I did believe him. Through blurry eyes, my chest too tight, Istruggled forward, crawling. I needed to suck it up and keep going. I needed to be strong, as always. Strong as a Luna. A Luna was graceful and elegant even in the toughest of times. A Luna couldn’t show emotion. A Luna had an obligation to her pack. A Luna couldn’t be a weakness. I stopped, closed my eyes and let the gravity of his words settle on my shoulders. Raiden is not your mate. I was weak. I was frightened. And I was no Luna. The cracks of doubt had already webbed through my mind. Discovering Raiden wasn’t my fated mate was one thing, but knowing that I’ll never be gifted a mate at all? That was something else entirely.
“Why are you telling me this?” I asked, my voice broken and laced with defeat.
“Because I would like to help you. Not only can I see the future, but I can also render it.”
Render it? As in, change my fate?
“I can give you everything you’ve always wanted. Everything you’ve always dreamed of. More, even. For you, it would be like the magic stories you’ve been told.”
I tilted my head back, looking up and gazing into the night sky. Millions of stars lit up the heavens. I couldn’t hear the violins playing anymore. There was no cello in the background. No piano and no grand crescendo.
“But I’ll need something from you in order to do so.”
My stomach churned. “What do you need?” I asked softly.
“I need you to show me how much the boy means to you. I need to know if you’re worthy of such kindness. I need you to let me into your mind, and into your thoughts. To let me in completely.”
