Chapter 75: Shintara's Plan

Shintara's POV

It was a bargain.

Iñigo was right when he said I needed to betray my own mate. I had to. It was for the better.

But my heart ached for him at this very moment.

I was still looking at him from afar right from when he pleaded for Amarantha's life. I was jealous of her. She was loved the most by the man I was also destined to— if only I hadn't rejected him.

And now that we're alone inside the meeting hall, I couldn't help but just stare at him.

He was silent the whole time. I could feel his anger. I could smell it through the air. I could still smell his knee-jerking scent. It didn't fade when I rejected him. It was still there even when I found him at Ouse. Does this mean he was still my fated mate?

"Did the Luna come for you?" Omnibus was the first to start a conversation.

I blinked for a second, couldn't believe that he was actually talking to me after getting betrayed. After that, I lowered my gaze and settled looking at my hands. "Y-yes. She came to me at the dungeon