Axel

I stood frozen in the hallway long after Queen Melody had left, her words lingering in my mind like an echo I couldn’t silence.

“Do what your heart tells you.”

“If you truly love her, then love her.”

I had spent years searching for my mate, enduring the agony of her absence, hoping that one day, I would find her and bring her home. That day had finally come, yet nothing was as I had imagined.

Zoraya was carrying another man’s child.

The thought sent a sharp pang ...