Liam's P.O.V.
If anyone had told me a year ago that I'd be living this life, I would've laughed in their face.
Me, Liam Rivers—burn-scarred, anxiety-ridden, practically invisible—was now the Alpha's son-in-law? A shield protecting the pack? A celebrity? It was insane.
And it was all because of her.
Mai Blackwood.
The girl I had spent most of my life avoiding, and then somehow, despite everything, fell stupidly, deeply, unshakably in love with.
no-touching-before-the-Mate-Bond-Ceremony rule—our lives had turned into an absolute nightmare.
At first, I thought they were joking.
Mai's parents—Alpha Lucian and Luna Teresa—had always been intimidating, but now? They had become the ultimate cockblockers.
They had warriors stationed around Mai's bedroom and also following her around. Warriors.
They banned her from my house.
They even tried to send her away for "training" for two weeks, but she threatened to rip someone's arm off.
My own parents, bless them, were just as bad.
