Riannon couldn’t believe her own happiness when she opened her eyes and saw him lying in front of her and watching her.
A mate. She had a mate. A real one. Not a chosen one.
A smile curled onto his lips, and she reciprocated it. There were no regrets. None whatsoever.
This was very different from what she had with Brayden back in the day. Now that she thought about it, if this was what Brayden felt when he met his own mate, she could understand why he couldn’t reject Roxanne.
She would never have rejected Gideon had she known.
This did not cancel all the horrible things that Roxy did to her and to others in their power struggle. But she could understand now.
Partially.
This would not change her plan, although it gave her some understanding.
“Onyx,” she called to her wolf. “Are you
