Chapter Thirty-One- Surprise
The road stretched endlessly before them, the forest blurring into shadows and streaks of green as the SUV rumbled toward Crescent territory. Kohl drove in silence, knuckles white against the wheel, his wolf restless.
Tristan sat back, but his mind was anything but still.
Evandra’s face haunted him—the soft bow of her lips when she nodded to him in the sparring ring, the feel of her skin beneath his palm, the warmth of her forehead under his kiss. He had promised her they would decide together, yet even that vow sat heavy on his chest.
Was it truly his choice at all?
If the mate bond didn’t exist, if the Moon Goddess had not tied their souls together, would he still be drawn to her? Would her laugh still echo in his mind, her courage still shake him at
