33. My decisions

[Carys]

I wonder what would have happened if I had indeed run away with him that day. What if we never returned to the camp? What if I wasn’t scared to leave my everything behind?

Yes. I was in love with him. Yes. I knew we were mates. There must be a reason the Moon Goddess had brought us together.

But at that time, those reasons weren’t big enough for me to leave my father, my friends and my pack behind. I wanted to be with Kian, but I wasn’t ready to make the required sacrifices for it.

But Kian was. He was ready to leave his family, his pack, his throne, his everything for me. I saw the commitment and sincerity in his eyes. Kian was the most rational boy I had met. If he didn’t mean it, he wouldn’t have said it. And it was definitely not a temporary after-sex fling.

The way he looked at me back then made me feel as though I was the only one who mattered to him. It was strange because we had known each other for just a few months.

How could someone be so sure about someone e