Chapter 8

“Why are you even here?” Thallus said icily.

He was starting to become worried. What if she already knew his secrets? There was something disturbing about her presence. A sorcerer had once told him that his destined mate would be the one to bring him to his doom. Since then, he had vowed never to wed his mate. He would reject her and forget all about her.

But the moon goddess had to be cruel and make her beautiful. He would not have minded rejecting his mate no matter the consequences, but the fact that she was beautiful made him angrier. He wondered why that day he had not noticed her beauty. Perhaps he would have rejected her but still taken her to his chambers to have a taste of what could have been.

“Why? Am I not still a member of this pack?” she asked coldly, matching his tone. “Does rejection mean I was banished from all the lands?”

He was silent for a long while. The only thing that could be heard was the irritating sounds of crickets, the hooting of