Jayden sighs, looking rather tired. “Sooner or later, Princess, you’ll have to face the inevitable. This… Us… It won’t work. Do yourself a favor and don’t drag it on for much longer.”
Alys freezes in her tracks. “I don’t understand. Why can’t you see it? Why can’t you see that this—us—makes sense!?”
He scoffs. “In what world do we make sense!? The Moon Goddess must have been drunk or high when she decided on this match!”
She shakes her head vehemently. “No, you’re wrong! You probably can’t feel past all your trauma, but as soon as I found out you were my fated mate, everything felt just right. You have been in my life forever, protecting me and steadily guiding Teddy. You already know me better than most people—you know exactly what to do to make things easier for me when things are… di
