Gabriella
A murmur of excitement ripples through the entire dining room at the sight of our host having finally arrived to join the festivities.
Elijah smiles at a few of the females closest to him, nodding along as one by one, they introduce themselves, all with varying degrees of awe and reverence. The entire world around me drowns out as I watch him—my goddamn mate—laugh and sit down at the head of the table.
"Gods, he is gorgeous," Raya whispers to me.
The compliment should delight me—he is my mate after all, a reflection of me in some way, and despite everyone fawning over him, my soul is the one that he's linked to.
But instead, all I feel is jealousy.
How can he not have noticed me by now? I felt my wolf stir inside of me the second he stepped into the room, and her howling th
