【I don’t think so,】 I answered honestly.
【Twelve years ago, at the Silver Moon Pack’s summer festival.] His voice grew softer. 【I had just come of age and had been temporarily exiled for challenging my family’s authority.]
[I was sitting alone at the edge of the laurel grove, not allowed to participate in the festival.]
【And then a little she–wolf with silver eyes walked up to me and gave me a moonflower candy.]
My breath caught in my throat.
【It was the only candy you had, one you’d been saving. But you gave it to a strange, exiled wolf.]
【You told me, ‘Everyone deserves a little happiness at the festival.‘)
The memory rushed back like a tidal wave.
Twelve years ago.
The lonely boy sitting under a tree.
Those gray–blue eyes.
“It was you,” I whispered into the mind–link.
【It was me. From that moment, I knew you would be my Luna.)
[The Moon Goddess confirmed it in my dreams.】
[So I waited for you, Caterina. Twelve years.]
[I waited for you to grow up, to find your own path, and to break free from the Alpha who didn’t deserve you.)
Tears streamed silently down my face.
【Caterina?】 he called out, concerned.
[Damon,) I took a deep breath. [I heard you were waiting for me.]
[Thank you for waiting for me.]
[Tomorrow, I will be your true Luna.]
[Not because of an alliance. Because I choose you, too.)
His warm laughter echoed through the mind–link.
[Then I will see you tomorrow night, my Luna.]
[Tomorrow night, my Alpha.]
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Moonlight streamed through the window, bathing the bed in a soft glow. I finally closed my eyes and drifted into a peaceful
sleep.
Tomorrow, I would begin a new life.
A future where I would be truly cherished.
