Chapter 281. My Mate Is Perfect!

Aerys’s POV

I was taken aback by how deeply, how violently, I felt for her.

I had known she was my mate the moment I first laid eyes on her—my lycan had screamed it, my instincts had locked onto her like she was oxygen—but knowing she was my mate and feeling what that truly meant were two very different things. I hadn’t expected the intensity to hit me this fast, this hard, like a tidal wave I couldn’t brace myself against.

Her pale skin haunted me. It was smooth and luminous, almost glowing under the sunlight at the beach earlier that day. Her body was slender but not fragile, graceful in a way that made you want to watch her move just a little longer. And her lips—fuck—her lips were a sin all on their own. Soft, expressive, perfectly shaped. Every time she spoke, every time she smirked or rolled her eyes, my attention sna