Chapter 18

“And then,” Lucianne stopped to take a breath,

“I don’t know what was going through the Moon Goddess’s mind but she paired me with a Lycan for my fifth-chance mate. You already know this one. He’s Sebastian Cummings.”

She shrugged, “We met at this meeting last year. He took me seriously at first but then all these lies and inconsistencies started popping up. When it came down to another Lycan and me, he never chose to defend me, even if I had the facts and they didn’t. I didn’t think much of it because I just thought that was how most Lycans are brought up—spare the Lycans, punish the wolves.”

“But the last straw was walking in on him sleeping with another Lycan when he told me he was going to be with his father discussing state affairs.”

She swallowed a lump in her throat before she continued, “After that experience, I went home and prayed to the Moon Goddess every night to stop giving me a mate.”

“I told her that I would do anything but I didn’t want