Kora’s POV
“It’s so wonderful I’ve found my mate.” Neve sighed, clutching her hands over her chest. “I mean, he’s from Ember Moon, and before, that would have been horrible, but now it’s wonderful.”
“She found her mate at the Winter Harvest Moon Goddess’s Ball,” her father explained, looking at his daughter fondly. “They’re waiting a few months to be mated and married, but my little Neve has been on cloud nine since the Ball.”
They were visiting nobles from Winter Harvest who had come to see family in Howling Winds. We were eating dinner with them, and Neve was telling us all about the Ball I’d missed.
“It’s just the best feeling in the world,” Neve went on. “To be so connected to another person. I can’t even properly describe to you how magical it is.”
“I’m sure a good number of peop
