When Destiny Lied|| Alec Volturi

Beneath the weight of ancient stone and crimson crowns, within the Volturi's shadowed court, her heart surrendered to him long before she understood the cost. But he, bound by the sacred law of destiny, believed his soul belonged only to a mythic, absent bond-a mate he had never met, yet was sworn to wait for. To him, she was merely a companion, a loyal guard, a friend he dared not love, for she was not the one. Or so he believed.

Yet love does not always wear the mark fate intends. While he guarded his heart behind walls of ice and duty, unaware that the connection he sought was already woven into every glance and every quiet moment they shared, she watched him with an eternity of patience. This is the haunting, timeless story of two souls separated not by distance, but by a lie they were taught to believe-and the devastating, beautiful truth that the mate he spent centuries searching for had been walking silently beside him all along.