Claimed By My Ex-Mate's Enemy (Malakai's Bel)

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ally glancing down at the white dress clinging to my body. The night was s

ting for their Alphas, one of t

usbands, then at the Moon's peak, the Alphas would fe

d link between Alpha and his mate. But

was finally going to tell Green

arrying

the words all day, over and over, whispering them to my

g new. Our marriage was never really rooted in love. Circumsta

ange everything. It wou

, not merely as the woman meant to fill a role beside him as Luna, but as his

nervous joy as I watched

e that austere expression, the one that made him imposs

lse qu

now. He would hand me the cu

rew closer, my

cut short almo

dy tense all at once and just like that, his

sudden.

t as I followed

s when I

on

the circumstances that

to recognize her instantly because Greenwood h

rness bled out of him. Monica was the woman he had truly wanted, the woman

n and save his face, I stepped in,

was stupid enough to think he would mo

y he looked at her made me re

rt had never stoppe

he made his way toward Monica, hi

spered, his voice

ed back, just as softly, he

if I no lon

loser and took her hands in his, trembling slightl

s not enough, he pul

and my grip tightened around the cup unti

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his was h

t h

t n

as I watched them, my world c

have left you. I was so young and... so foolish. I thought I could handle i

ce and brushed away he

t cry. Don't. You don't h

wood, please... please forgive me. I left everything I loved behind, and I

d in a near whisper, "Have you

y word from w

y cruel perks o

n her cheeks. "No. Never. I couldn't do that. It has always be

relief es

I never thought I would hear. "S

n. "Of course I do. I've never

ter saying it, and the

rouble wa

of watching something in him finally soften, of finally beco

en it g

took her hand and began leadin

one and headed up the s

me, I followed after them, though e

know what I

n around, see me, and remember t

ybe I needed to see with my own

as I watched him lead

bed