Chapter 89: Marrying Nate Can't Change Us

Maya I looked at myself in the mirror, finding it hard to believe that the woman staring back was me. I’d never truly believed I’d one day wear this white dress—the one I’d dreamed of for so long. Someday, I’d hoped to marry a man who would love me completely, who’d accept me with my scars and all the darkness they hid. Someone who would lift me from the shadows and show me the light. And now it was all coming true. I was marrying Nate, becoming a luna in a pack that embraced me, where I was seen and valued, where I had friends. I was building a life surrounded by love, with my baby, Jackson, at the center of it. This was the life I’d always wanted. So why did this strange ache grip my heart? Why, as I prepared to gain everything, did I feel like Maximus and Leonardo were losing everything—their chance to even see their own child again? Was I being unfair to them? Maybe… but I deserved this happiness, didn’t I? I’d dreamed of this for so long—a knight to rescue me, to cherish me, to bu