RILEY.

What would you do if the only female you’ve ever cared about chose someone else over you? How would you react if you saw her being marked and claimed right in front of you?

Nothing. There was nothing I could do but swallow the pain.

I averted my gaze away from them the moment Caspian, the Alpha of the neighboring pack, dipped his mouth into Andrea’s neck.

I didn’t need to see more. I knew he was about to mark her.

She was the only female I had ever taken notice of. And for a period in my life, I thought we would end up together.

But she chose him.

And yet here I was, doing my best to fight off my own men, blocking and shoving them away from Andrea. I am still protecting her with all my heart.

She went into heat the moment her eyes locked with Caspian and the mate bond between them bound them together. Her heat smell affected every unmated male around her, including me.

But I’m Alpha. I could control my urges. And the pain in my chest was enough to keep me in my senses to fight off my own desire to take her away from Caspian.

So I tried to block off any emotions as I kept doing what I needed to do: steer away the unmated males around us so that Caspian could fully mark and claim her.

I thought I was okay with letting her go. I didn’t know it would still hurt. A part of me was dying.

Andrea being marked was a reminder that I no longer had a hold on her, that I would be threading this world on my own. Alone. Without a mate.

I watched as my men slowly woke up from their trance and ended up in a bewildered state.  I took a whiff of the air and no longer smelled Andrea’s alluring heat scent. She’s marked. The air was now swirling with the mixed scent of Andrea and Caspian, the fated mate scent.

I didn’t need to look back at them or anyone else. My work here was done.

I gathered myself and turned on my heels while holding my breath, not making a single noise. And then I shifted into my wolf, Hunter, as I blocked off everyone from my mind.

Hunter ran off in the opposite direction while howling at the full moon, letting the Goddess know of the agony we felt inside. And instead of running back to our territory, he headed off to the wilderness of the neutral forest.

I didn’t stop him.

I always let myself take control of us, but tonight, I didn’t have any power to take over. So I let my wolf lead me to where he wanted to be.

Hunter just kept running and I wasn’t giving a fuck where he was going. And I wasn’t scared either. Meeting rogues or hunters was nothing new. If I should meet any of them tonight, they should be the ones scared, because I don’t think I would let them die without torturing them.

So I just let my wolf take charge while I wallowed in my own pain.

I knew that what I felt for Andrea wasn’t as strong as before. Not even lust. I know this for sure because I tried, but even after seeing her almost naked, I didn’t find myself having a hard-on or having any desire to touch her.

because I was

a strong Alpha, I was never anyone’s first

maybe, it was supposed to be like that. Damn everyone else, just focus on

that way from now

a

back to the present as Hunter continued to pad his way through the

up my

if Caspian betrayed her

now, my pack

let’s head back!’ I told Hunter, but it seemed like he wasn’t

over,

the fuck?’ I growled at

back and sped up his pace. This

him get away with it once in a while, but he never defied me. He

doing it

with my wolf, but he was blocking off his mind from

I fought hard to take control of our body but before I could do more,

Mate.

She’s here.

scent was more potent than the first

force. She smelled of freshly baked pastries and vanilla. I just wanted

mine. He could sense her and wanted to claim her, by hook or

at him but my wolf was too strong to be

I saw her, and I just forgot to

had her back on us, and amidst the darkness, I could see

Finally. I caught her.

Hunter snarled at me, but

our mate slowly turned

all of her

Beautiful.

Fucking beautiful.

hair cascaded over her small face, her perfect little nose, and her plump lips parted like she was

I didn’t even know what

fuck

came flashing in my

her for avoiding us. For not wanting us. And he wanted to stake his claim

bellowed at my wolf as I watched our mate run

leaped in the air and landed exactly where our mate was, and it was fucking too late when I realized what

her in his own way, sinking his

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