Alpha’s ex-wife

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n’t rough with me now, probably because I was rightful luna of this pack of r

force me to stay like he did? I didn’t need my feelings messed with more than they already had been in my

sly his home, since it smelled fantastically like him. That jerk didn’t deserve to smell so good, or t

then, around the time I had finally given up hope after a decade of waiting for my mate to show up in my life. The waiting hadn’t been that bad even in my early twent

you hit your mid-twenties, it was unlikely that you ever w

had been an ordinary day in spring and I had been minding my own business, working for the pack as a scout, when he’d casually started talking to me. I had been flattered, an

d inflexible, but he’d treated me well. And once we were officia

o supporting my pack and my

Greenwoods, chief among them the departure of one of our elementary teachers last month when she found her mate and moved to his pack. I’d have to inquire with other packs to see if they had any young mate

barely had a spare moment to anticipate our date. We didn’t go out that often, because we were both so absorbed in our respective role

ut it was easy for them to think that way when they had found each other in their late teens. They hadn’t been forced to wait and wonde

loved Greenwoods and Dane needed an heir. I also always wanted to have pups, too. It was less likely for chosen mates to conc

e they were coming from. Theoretically, nothing could compare with the one chosen for you by fate. But that was easy for people to say when they had the privil

o be happy, even if some hypothetical goddess

I pulled on a deep red dress that looked good with my long curling black hair. I left it loose, because I

appreciative spark in his eye and caught my lips with his own, his tongue playing with mine until my head felt disconnected from my body. I could give it to him, he was good. It was obvious just how much he a

ted up in an engaging grin, and he said,

around my waist and led me out to his favourite car. We drove in companionable silence

back, Dane,” I pointed ou

it’s good.” Even though he smiled, it was ob

and warmth pooled in me. He was

ou sa

u’ll like it,

ould I

the parking lot and parked smoothly, demonstrating his skill as a practiced driver. He walked around to open my door fo

servations,” he said, ho

in a private area tucked into the corner of the restaurant. Large windows looked out onto a green space beyond tha

en we were done eating, he smiled and said, “I

ussy when it came to food—as long as it was mostly

nniversary of the day I finally con

t we counted from

from when you

layfully. “That’s

e said, but there was n

t why you

art,

so myst

eous, but yo

for male attention, but I enjoyed

ooped a forkful to my mouth, when a glint caught my eye. I looked

My heart

smiling fondly. I picked the ring up from where it l

that the moon goddess had pic

waited expectantly, his steady gaze on me. He was not kneeling, but only a fool

d my voice. “Ye

on mine and the steel of his body against the sof

hought we could have a night completely to ourselves, away from pack and responsibilities. Just you and me,” he said wickedly, r

closed behind us the bags dropped to the floor and his hands were on me. He slipped me out of my dress before meeting my mouth with his o

the bed, stripping us both naked and claiming what he wanted from me a

we had mates at all? Could anyone even prove that every wolf had a mate

e, and I was not going to let the crue