Chapter 5: Surrender
Kaya
Mateo has long since gone, leaving me broken and trembling, but my tears refuse to stop. My pillow is soaked beneath my head, but I lack the strength to move.
Each time this happens, my mind is instantly pulled back to the haunting memories of the life I once lived before I met Damien. I can’t even count how many times the men from my old pack forced themselves on me, assaulted me, bullied me until I wished I could just disappear.
Yet, somehow, I endured. There was always that distant echo deep within my heart, urging me to stay strong. Perhaps it was delusional, but I held onto the hope that the Moon Goddess had something better in store for me.
And she did. She led me to Damien.
He saved me. He took my hand, pulled me from the abyss of despair, and promised me shelter and protection. He kept that promise—and in the end, he even gave me his heart. He said I could be his fated mate, and I believed him. I truly did.
But Camilla hates me.
Truthfully, I would hate myself too. Every time I see Damien with other women, my blood boils with the same suppressed fury that seethes in our Luna.
Damien doesn’t know. I can’t bring myself to tell him. What if he doesn’t believe me? What if he’s angry and throws me out? After all, Camilla wasn’t wrong—what do I have to offer anyone, besides my body? And I can’t be alone. I’m safe here, even if I’m really not.
"Kaya," a soft, low voice cuts through the heavy fog of my thoughts, and for a moment, I wonder if I’m hallucinating.
I blink rapidly, my lashes fluttering as my vision clears, and at last, I see him—his strong, dominating presence fully revealed before me.
"Damien?"
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