THE REBORN MATE'S DESIRE.

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CASSANDRA's POV.The moment I started running, I knew there was no turning back. My lungs burned, my feet pounded against the forest floor, and my swollen belly weighed me down with every step. The child inside me was my only hope, my only reason to keep going. My breath came in shallow gasps as I stumbled through the trees, my heartbeat deafening in my ears. I was running for my life—and for my baby’s.I didn’t know how it had come to this. Just weeks ago, Ethan had held me close, whispered promises of forever, and sworn to protect me. Now, I was running from the man I once called my lover, running from a man I loved so much that I had chosen him over my true mate.The betrayal didn’t come all at once. It crept in slowly, started as whispers in the night, suspicious glances, and moments that didn’t add up. Ethan had grown distant, his warm touch replaced with coldness. I told myself it was stress, that the pressures of leading the pack were weighing on him. I wanted to believe that h...