Micah POV
As soon as I pass through the trees, I give Dagger control. He shreds my clothes taking his form as his paws hit the ground. He takes off and I recede back in his mind. Needing a moment to myself. A moment to replay everything that just happened. The moment I caught her soft scent. The moment she said the word I've longed to hear for twenty years. She is beautiful. I've never seen a woman more beautiful.
Hearing her claim me nearly had me sobbing like a baby. I finally had the mate that was meant to be mine. The mate that would choose only me. When she said I wouldn't want her, I nearly laughed until I saw her mating mark. Why is the goddess doing this to me? Have I not suffered enough? I could have become a man that let the anger of betrayal corrupt me, but instead I stayed
