Kian tilted his head,his focus entirely hers.His eyes held a flicker of warmth as he responded to her words.The female let out a playful whine and shook his arm.
Kian offered her a soft smile and inclined his head in acceptance.Selena watched his lips shape the silent affirmation,“Lyra.”
Lyra,Kian’s first and true desire,had finally returned.
The sight of the two of them together felt like a sudden plunge into glacial water.
A brutal,final realization.
That Alpha was the Sire of her pup.They were meant to be celebrating the strength of their new bloodline.
But now,that Alpha was openly escorting his true Mate into the night.
Selena felt her entire body seize with an uncontrollable tremor.Tears blurred her vision as she released a series of gasping,heavy sighs.Bitterness and profound pain surged through her,wave after wave.
She had never sensed Kian this gentle or this happy before.He had always been stoic and quiet,maintaining a formal distance from her for the past three years.Selena had rationalized this,comforting herself by believing that it was simply his dominance—always quiet and indifferent toward all but matters of Pack necessity.She had lied even to her own wolf.