Jade Nightshade.
Whoever said waiting for your fated mate was worth it instead of wasting time with someone else was absolutely right. Completely. Trying to love someone else, thinking they could be your forever, was like walking into the same heartbreak I had already lived through with Rowon. It wasn’t just the betrayal, though—that stung, yes—but the thought that I might have missed out on this, this bond, this overwhelming pull that was shaking me to my core.
My heart was in chaos.The moonlight flickered over the crowd, but all I could see was him.
Darius. My mate.
My heart raced, hammering against my chest like it wanted to escape. I didn’t want him to see me this way—shaken, unsure, speechless.
I stole a glance at him, the boy I had once known, now towering, exuding power and con
