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ELORA

I didn’t know it until I saw him in the flesh. Kael Stormrider, the man I had spent all my days watching and loving, praying and wishing to the goddess that he was mine, was seated right in front of me.

After Ryker had told me he would be arriving at his camp, I knew I had to take a glimpse of him. Closure was important in my journey, even if wouldn’t come from a direct conversation.

I had spent days dreading the moment Kael would find me. I imagined it a thousand different ways. Maybe his sword at my throat, or his hands around my neck. In none of these my numerous thoughts had I imagined standing in silence, watching him from mere feet away, with my heart pounding so hard it felt like it would burst through my ribs.

He must have lost sense of our mate bond after he made love to Selene. That was the reason for the intense pain I felt the night I almost lost my life, right?

I had never imagined him refusing to claim me, even to his enemy.

The moment Ryker asked the questio
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