LILITH'S POV

“What?” For a moment, I didn’t think I heard him right.

I was his first mate?

The night wrapped around us with soft arms.

I felt the warmth of his presence bleed into the cool air, the faint brush of his aura—a sensation I didn’t fully understand but could feel instinctively.

“What, what happened to the Gladeys?”

“She isn't my actual mate per say.” He said quietly and I squinted my brows in confusion.

“What do you mean by that?”

“She’s a mate ...