Chapter 136. Fake It Till You Make It

TALA

Initiation week. The week I dreaded every year.

Once upon a time, when I was a little girl, I used to dream of finding my mate. He would whisk me away to his kingdom, because of course he would be a prince in my childhood fantasy. He would love and cherish me, give me gifts of jewels, I would wear a crown and we would live happily ever after.

Unfortunately, as I grew older that fairytale began to fade. Instead, nightmares of being mated began to override the sweet innocent dreams the older I got. The older I got the more I realized how much my mother hated my father, and the more I realized how fucked up their bond was.

They were true mates, but I always questioned if they actually loved each other at one point or not. And if they did, where did it all go wrong Oh, that's right, my father's unfaithful ways are where it went wrong. Why would the Moon Goddess pair my mother with a man as hateful and greedy as him What had my mother done so hor