"Fate does not always lead us where we wish to go, but where we are needed. And sometimes, it delivers love in the most unexpected of places, even in the arms of a King."
I had faced wolves with bloodlust in their eyes and blades at my throat, but nothing made me feel as unsteady as the way Taemin was staring at me now. Those silver-blue eyes were so like my own, so like home, they cut right through me. For years, I had imagined this reunion in a thousand different ways, and in all those imaginations, I had never pictured myself this nervous. I cleared my throat. My hands twisted in my lap. Black, my wolf, was not helping. He was pacing in my chest, restless and muttering that this was stupid, that Taemin was my siste,r and I should not be acting like some fumbling pup about to confess a crime.
But in some ways, this was a confession. "Taemin," I began, and my voice cracked like I had not used it in days.
