Lacrimosa (Lake of Tears)

After causing the death of her mother, the Luna, and older brother, the future Alpha of the North Comet Pack, Freya Beaufort wished for nothing else but to join the Eclipse Knights, to serve her people, and die an honorable death. Everything was planned meticulously, down to her will and her effort to avoid any chance of meeting her mate. Until she found the God of Hatred residing inside her, trying to take her over.

Aidon Veit, Commander of the Eclipse Knights, the sole survivor of the Blue Lake Pack massacre, has only one goal: revenge. Letting nothing come between him and his goal, on his quest to quench his thirst for vengeance, he is fixated on becoming stronger with the help of the Goddess of Lust. That was until he met his mate, Freya. Having been foretold that his mate is the only person who is able to stop him from achieving his goal, Aidon is dead set on denying the mate pull and the attraction they feel no matter the distance.

Being forced to work together in suicide missions, the two must come to terms, that there is more to life than self-hatred and retribution. Will they find a way to overcome not only the enemies around them but those who dwell deep inside them?

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Mates, he thought with disdain. He won't seek her, ever. If she is truly the only obstacle to his revenge, his life goal, then he prays to the moon goddess that they may never meet. Besides, he thought while smirking to himself, there is no way the mate pull will be strong enough to make him lose control over himself if he ever meets his-

A gust of wind suddenly passes him, along with a strong fragrance of jasmine and cherry blossoms. Aidon stopped dead in his tracks.

"No..." he whispered.

No, no, no, no, no!

Unable to stop his trembling, he turned around. Inadvertently, he let out a gasp when he saw her.

And his world, everything he has built upon the pillars of discipline, sheer willpower, and self-restraint, crumbled into pieces.