Zane~
It had been five days since our wedding—the day Natalie and I were bound not just as mates, but as something far greater. Those days felt like they belonged to another world, tucked away in our cabin where time didn't matter. We hardly left each other's side, wrapped up in the kind of closeness that left us laughing, breathless, and aching when it ended.
But reality has a way of knocking, no matter how much you want to ignore it. Today was Natalie's coronation. She was about to stand before the world as the Celestial Princess—a title whispered about in prophecies long before either of us were born. I expected the ceremony to be enormous, a stage for every pack across the globe to witness. What I didn't expect was that the crown waiting in the wings wasn't meant for her alone.
