Revenge of the fallen Beta

said Dane,

ra, staring at

as though at any minute it would crack and send him

ng he was a nobody. To top it all off, the love of his life had

head. If he had longer hair, h

his. The sparks of the mate-bond rushed over their skin, leaving a pleasurable e

" she said as she yanked h

r. He was positive he'd smelt it before, but surely if he had, his wolf would have recognised his mate. H

ad, in fact, smelt her on numerous occasions - but it was al

an, not really sure what

d Dane icily.

ded Dane on his side. Building his warrior army and strengthening the pa

t have gone the way we agreed tod

eed to make s

t the idea of Dane consoling Cara. His fists cl

headed straight home. Their home. The thought sent a pang of panic through him. How much

he would be totally fine with it. The Moon Goddess paired Cara with Lucas for a reason. But now the

changed out of her tight dress and heels and was instead in sweatpan

and the way he hovered in the entryway that hi

mate? I didn't think either o

is arms around her and holding her close. Normally this was all

aid simply, not knowi

g Alpha. Are you serious? Me, the

d her laugh, weakly. "W

o say?" she asked, her tone

he was just sitting there giving generic answers, as though they were talking a

want me to sa

t in the mood to heed it. In the back of her mind, she kne

maybe, 'don't be silly babe, you'll make an amazing Lu

t about me or our eight years together, or the fact that if you

her since high school, they'd been together through everything. From the moment s

hing. He was shoved down the pack ranking, and instead of holding the envi

r Omega status, and her hands started to tremble as she

ong with you?" she screeched, as she

eplied. "You want me to sit here and tell you

h him? That's why we hatched th

ly fucked me. And now he gets you as a cherry

't like it. He was used to being in control of eve

an Alpha and a...oh, I'm sorry, d

etween them and gripped her throat tightly. He pushed her back agains

grit out. "Title o

le. He loosened his grip and moved his hand from her throat to the back of her n

o, was champing at the bit to claim his mate and was making it impo

re with her only made things worse. He'd mingled with the crowd and covertly gotten the low-down on their rel

to leave Beta Thomas in charge o

s he heard raised voices. He didn't know what kind of person it made him, but he was

ir. The angry shouting had been replaced by banging and c

him to shift. He wanted nothing more than to break down the doo

ckly left. He would have to think the situation over carefully before

t help but run his hands over Cara's pert b

aid, his voice low and husky. "You'

on her side to look at him. She wondered

him? It would be like rejecting the Moon Goddess herself. I do

together up to this point. Look at what he just did to me. I don

tless. He vowed there and then, he would do whatever it took

is rightful position in the pack. It was a game in which he saw only on

nally claim Cara