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CHAPTER 448
~Snow's POV~
The word 'mate' still rang in my ears like thunder in a canyon. I couldn't tear my eyes away from Zara.
She was mine, not by accident, not by circumstance, but she was fated for me.
Zara looked just as stunned—lips parted, eyes wide, heart racing beneath her ribs. I could feel it. Every beat echoed in me like it was mine.
Then Siona's voice gently cut through the moment. "This… makes sense now."
Zara and I both turned to her, blinking like we'd forgotten anyone else was in the room.
Siona stepped closer, her expression calm but awed. "Snow… you were dead. Truly. Your soul had already begun to drift. You were hanging by a hair's breadth, I guess. But Zara… she…"
She gestured to Zara and smiled. "Zara and Kaid did their best to pull you back. That's not just willpower. That's divine intervention."
My brows furrowed. "Divine…?"
