ANNE

I am out of breath by the time, I wash up and wear fresh pair of sweatpants and a hoodie. Looking into the mirror, I find myself assessing my reflection.

What Liam said is undeniably haunting me but I am not a person who lets others dictate their life. Still, I can’t help but admit that he was not wrong—I was totally ignoring that reality.

For the first time in my life, I actually want to reach out to Moon Goddess and ask why. Why did she make me Zero’s mate? I am not vengeful about it, I am not complaining either. I just genuinely want to know why I had to be mated with a man who was supposed to outlive me.

Until today, I was thinking about what I would do if he actually stayed. I found the answer tonight—I will never leave him, I promised myself. I was going to make a life with him but now, it all sounds like a stupid dream of a young girl. Zero and me…we are never going to have a normal life like other mates. There is a huge wall between us that neither of us can ever break—Ti