Chapter 31

Liam’s POV

Adira had fallen asleep in my arms, and I couldn’t help but stare at her while she peacefully slept. It was the first time I had ever stayed with a she wolf afterwards and it felt so nice to have this first with my mate. Now after being with Adira, I felt like all the other she wolves before her meant nothing and a part of me wishes now that I would have waited like she had.

The connection between the two of us is undeniably a gift from the Moon Goddess and I was not going to deny this gift that she bestowed upon us. Decades have passed since a mate bond has been gifted from her and for her to gift us, I felt honored. As I look at her now, I wonder how I ever thought that I could stand by and let another make her his.

I know at the Mating Ceremony that I now may suffer the consequences of taking another’s betroth and this may cause problems for me and my pack, but once I can prove that the Moon Goddess gifted us with a mate bond, I was sure the elders would side in my