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CHAPTER 123
-Aira’s POV~
The moment his eyes locked onto mine, I felt it again- that invisible tether pulling me toward him in a strong and unrelenting manner. The mate bond surged within me, undeniable and absolute.
Mate.
The word thundered in my mind, drowning out everything else. I could barely hear Tempest’s horrified gasp beside me, but her words pierced through the
haze.
“Not again,” she said, her voice trembling.
My gaze snapped to her just as her eyes filled with tears, one slipping free to trail down her cheek. My heart shattered as I realized she had put it together
too.
“Tempest…” I started, my voice breaking.
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Her expression was a mirror of my own–shock, pain, disbelief. She managed a shaky laugh, though it was laced with bitterness. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” she said, wiping at her cheek. “The Moon Goddess really has it out for me, doesn’t she?”
I couldn’t respond. My heart was too heavy, and my wolf, Autumn, was howling in both triumph and anguish.
Just then, a sound rumbled through my mind, shattering what little composure I had left.
“Fuck.”
Snow’s voice pierced through my thoughts, his frustration detectable even from across the room.
Zade seemed to sense the tension between us because he stepped forward, his gaze flicking between me and Tempest.
And just like that, the world narrowed to the three of us, the weight of the mate bond pulling at me as the tangled mess of emotions settled like a storm around
- us.
“No. Just no,” Tempest burst out and within seconds
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inevitable happened.
I stood frozen, watching Tempest’s retreating form as she disappeared into the crowd, her figure swallowed by the swirling mass of guests. The crack in her voice, and the anguish in her eyes, replayed in my mind.
“Tempest!” I called after her, but my voice barely carried over the chatter and laughter filling the room. Autumn whimpered in distress, urging me to follow, but my feet wouldn’t move.
Because Zade was still there, his steady gaze was fixed
on me.
By this time, everyone else surrounding him seemed to have noticed something was off as they all stared in my direction. That was when he did it.
He moved swiftly, passing through the throng of people to get to my side.
“Y–you, you’re my mate,” he said those words, still confused by the possibility. He was well in my thirties and looked like one who did not believe he’d ever find
his mate but here and now, he found me.
“I… Perhaps we are mistaken.”
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He reached for her hand. “There’s no way it is a fluke. I knew what I sensed and you are…
“I’m not anything,” I said flatly as I yanked her hand
away. Her eyes followed the trail where Tempest had gone off to.
“Yes, you are.”
“I’m not. And I doubt if Tempest would not feel devastated.” My voice had ended up coming off so low
at the end.
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-Zade’s POV-
The two ladies, sisters, I’d learned in passing from Andrew–were both stunning and yet utterly different.
One was fire, brimming with sharpness and bold energy. The other, the one who held my gaze now, was more like the steady pull of gravity, unshakable and quietly captivating.
And she was my mate.
Zila had been disturbed from his slumber as he stirred
inside me. My first wonder had been what was
hannening to make him that way.
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Was there a threat close by or was it…
I barely had time to figure things out when my sharp gaze swept the room, seeking the threat out and then I felt Zila stir more strongly than before.
The realization hit me the second our eyes met. The bond didn’t ask for permission. It simply was a force beyond reason or control.
And the words rolled out of my tongue before my senses could come to and my consciousness awakened properly.
But the moment was already a mess. Her sister- Tempest–had looked at me like she’d been hit by a runaway freight train before storming off. The pain in her eyes told me she’d had her designs, her own hopes.
This wasn’t going to be simple.
Zara and the others sensed the shift and all had their eyes glued on me. For an Alpha whose control over his emotions was iron–tight, I was behaving like a lost child.
I took a step closer, careful not to overwhelm Aira. Her expression was a mixture of shock and uncertainty,
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her hands trembling slightly at her sides.
I tried speaking to my mate but she was more concerned about Tempest to give me a chance. That was when I asked, shocking her, “Can I go after her?” I knew that was probably the wrong idea but I… I had to try.
She was sceptical and not agreeing to my words made it all the more mysterious.
“Are you okay?” I asked gently, though I already knew the answer.
“No,” she said honestly, her voice cracking. “This… wasn’t supposed to happen.”
“It never is,” I said, trying to ease the tension.
Her lips parted like she was about to argue, but before she could, her gaze darted to the crowd where her
sister had vanished.
“I need to find her,” she said, her voice firmer now, and I nodded, stepping aside.
But before she could move, Snow appeared, his expression unreadable but his eyes sharp as they
shifted between us.
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“Zade,” he said, his voice calm but carrying weight.
“Snow,” I replied, managing a faint smile.
Aira stiffened beside me, her gaze darting between us. “You two know each other?”
Snow smirked, though the glint in his eyes betrayed his tension. “We’re family. Sort of.”
“That’s one way to put it,” I added dryly, earning a chuckle from him.
“Aira,” Snow said, his tone softening as he addressed her, “are you alright?”
She hesitated, her emotions clearly warring within her. “I need to check on Tempest,” she said finally, her voice tight.
Without waiting for his response, she turned and disappeared into the crowd.
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