Epilogue

Beatrice

I knew it would be him! I just knew it! A gut feeling stirred inside my soul from the moment I laid eyes on that sexy bastard.

It wasn't fair! Why did I have to lumines to the one male who was the least interested in having a mate? I wanted, no, I deserved to have a fairytale romance like the other women had. As a librarian, I've scoured the pages of countless romance novels and daydreamed about having a love of my own one day. And what did I get? Rhaz, the sexy brooding male who casts me longing looks but never approaches me.

And the worst part, I liked him. I shouldn't, I knew it was a doomed venture to like this male, but I couldn't help myself. I liked the strong set of his jaw, the way he moved, even the way he scowled, and I'd cherished the few happy moments we'd had together when he did things like give me that wishing star to throw into the bonfire .

But those moments had been few and far between. He spent more time scowling at me than anything else. If he did like me, it was certainly against his own will.

Now I was lying here in one of the unoccupied caves glowing, fully aroused, and completely alone.

My only solace was knowing that Rhaz would be equally as aroused and equally as frustrated by it. Serves him right. He could have at least spoken to me about our predicament. I was a logical woman. I would have been happy to work out a deal of some kind for us to ease each other's needs. The mere idea of being touched by those calloused hands of his sent another shock wave of arousal coursing through my body. Damn him.

After tonight we'd have another month to get this sorted out. Surely he couldn't avoid me for an entire month. We would have a conversation about our luminescence, whether he liked it or not.

Rhaz

This was the last thing I'd wanted. I'd purposely kept myself apart from the female who pulled on my heart for these past five moon cycles. We could not be mates. I refused to let her bind herself to me. I would not weigh her down with my burdens, my demons. And above all, I would not give her a child that would have the same cursed blood running through their veins that ran through mine.

Monsters ran in my family long before I first shifted. I had fought against those inner demons, but the ever-present rage that I carried was proof enough that I'd been unsuccessful.

I would not hurt her like my father hurt my mother. I would not let Beatrice, the most beautiful, precious, perfect female in this entire galaxy be mated to me. Not as long as there was a chance I would turn out like him.

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