"You're really not going to reveal it?" I paused, avoiding eye contact. "What do you mean?" I asked, even though I knew she was talking about the truth I was trying to avoid. I couldn't bring myself to tell her; this was a burden I had been running from since the start, but the truth kept hitting me hard. She stood up, moving closer until our faces were inches apart. With a direct gaze into my eyes, she seemed to try to decipher the depths of my thoughts. "That you're connected to the one you despise the most, your very own kin," she declared, each word resonating with intensity. "And that you possess divine power," she added, mirroring the turmoil brewing within me, like thunder rumbling in the clouds. Esma's world turned upside down when she discovered she was destined to be mated to the infamous cursed alpha, Reed Xander. Faced with a tumultuous journey filled with rejection, heartache, and a looming unknown enemy, she now grappled with new challenges and her own personal demons. The goddess's words echoed in her mind, "Not everything is as it appears." "There's a reason I chose you for him – you are his fate," she reminded herself.
