Hope
“What do you think of Araphyra so far?” Lily asks as we walk.
“It’s stunning.”
“It is. I feel so lucky to have been mated to Aolis. You know, I made some mistakes in the beginning of our mate bond by not accepting him as my mate. Did you know that?” she asks.
I can’t help but wonder if this isn’t more Guardian intuition. Of course, she knows that this is Levi’s child, so maybe it’s an easy guess for her to make.
“No, I didn’t know that.”
“I was … arrogant, I guess. I took the mate bond for granted. I nearly lost him and it would have destroyed me. The Moon Goddess doesn’t make mistakes, Hope. We do, being the arrogant shifters that we are, thinking we know what’s best for ourselves. But in the end, she is always right. Those who go against her tend to suffer in this life for the
