Chapter 290

Third Person's POV

Time slipped by beneath a strange, suffocating tension, like a sky heavy with storm clouds that refused to break. Before anyone realized it, the day of Vespera and Kaelen's mating ceremony arrived.

Their invitations never reached Valerius and Vespera did not dare allow Cerys anywhere near the ceremony.

If Cerys truly appeared, given Kaelen's instability and Alpha pride warped by