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𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬.
Cassian and Reena were childhood friends until a political arrangement turned them into reluctant mates. Now bound by a mate bond neither wanted, they're forced to share a home, a title, and a bed they've divided with pillows and spite.
𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥, rearranging her schedule, deciding what's safe, what's acceptable, all while pretending he doesn't notice when she leaves the room.
𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝, pushing back on every decision, claiming her space inch by inch, ignoring the way her pulse quickens when he's near.
What should have been a partnership is a battlefield.
Silent standoffs over breakfast. Cutting remarks at pack meetings. Arguments that leave them both raw and bleeding. They've mastered coexistence without connection, sharing space while keeping their distance.
But proximity changes everything.
Hate takes energy. Resentment demands attention. And the line between loathing and longing blurs when you hear someone's heartbeat in the dark, when their scent becomes as familiar as your own, when the person you're desperately keeping out is the only one who truly sees you.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭