Page 38 of Rhaz’s Redemption (Shifters of Valo Prime #6)

Fatima

Holy shit. I’m glowing. I’m glowing for this stranger.

Drelic looked down at his own skin with an expression of shock on his face.

“You’re…you’re my mate. You’re my mate!”

At least he seemed pleased about it. That was good right? It was good. I decided. This is what I’d wanted after all. I’d longed to have a luminescence mate like the other women. I’d long since dreamt of what it’d be like to be with someone who was biologically wired to want to please me.

For my entire life, I’d struggled with letting go of control and letting other people take the lead.

As an eldest daughter it just felt so wrong to let someone else run the show, and when they did, they always let me down.

But that doesn’t mean I don’t want someone to take care of me for a change, and I’d gotten it in my head that the only way that would happen was if I got a luminescence mate.

Well now I have one, and…I don’t feel at all relieved.

All I knew about Drelic is that he stole me from the other women when a fight broke out. I’d been running and hiding from him for days, and now that the full moon was here, we found ourselves standing in the woods glowing.

All my dreams were coming true. I didn’t have to keep running. I could finally let my guard down, right?

Then why does this feel so wrong? Why am I looking at my luminescence mate with a pit in my stomach, and a longing in my heart for another male? Why is it that every time I look at Drelic I wish it was Zander staring back at me instead?