Donika’s POV

My ears were still ringing with that single word.

Mate.

I blinked rapidly, not sure if I’d misheard, but the room’s stunned silence told me I hadn’t. And if this was a blessing, I couldn’t say because it felt like a new curse to me.

So this was why he had stormed into the wedding to hijack me? It all makes sense now, but why him? Not even that, how is he even my MATE, for goodness sake? It felt like my world was crumbling at this news. He didn’t tell me and ...