Lily and James (werewolf novel) novel Chapter 9

Chapter 0009

(Lily POV)

There are a million different emotions running through my body as I continue to stare at the werewolf in front of me.

“Rose, please tell me this is a joke,” I whisper through our link.

“I can’t,” she whispers back. “This is real. He is our mate.”

I do not know why either of us are whispering, other than the utter shock of the situation.

“How? How can this be? It does not make any sense!” I whisper–yell to her.

“You did ask the Moon Goddess to bring him a new mate.”

“I did not mean me!!! I meant a mate that he could be happy with, and one that he could love!”

“He looks pretty happy,” Rose tells me.

Rose’s words take me by surprise. I had been so shocked and overwhelmed by my own emotions that– even though I was staring at him–I had not bothered to take in how James was reacting. By the time

Rose said something, James had moved much closer to me, and we could now see his eyes and the look on his face.

To my utter shock, Rose was right. James looked… happy. No, not happy. James looked thrilled. He

stared at me with astonishment, amazement, and… love?

“Rose, how is this possible? James hates me. He loves my sister. How could he be our mate? And how