The Alpha's Lost Mate

expected, filled with the scent of burning embers and cedar. A massive bed sat against the far wall, its dark sheets rumpled, as if th

his storm of half-truths and forgotten memories. Killian stood near the do

ep here?" she demande

," he corrected, stepping

his authoritative tone. "My

only frustration. "You don't understand what you walked into, Celeste. The

ists at her sides. "T

tation flickering in those silv

you refuse to explain why. If I was your Luna-if I was so

The fire popped in the hearth, t

ardened. "I think some

rough her, colder than th

t I intend

her own past. He truly believed she had been stolen from this place, tha

unning a hand through her hair. "If I wa

masked it with his usual stoicism. "I searched for years," he admitted, voi

fought for her. But another part-one that had spent years

r word for it," she mu

presence swallowing the space between

scent wrapped around her senses, a dangerous mix of dominance and some

undeniable, but she refu

lenched her jaw. "I

e, then a resign

d toward the door. Before leaving, he hesitated, fingers tig

ind him, leaving

ains. Moonlight spilled into the room, illuminating the courtyard below. Pack me

s unsettled her. It wasn't

leeting. A feeling of standing in this same room before. A vo

ed away before s

ion mounting. If she had truly been here

the door pulled he

rned, arms crossed. "I sa

tead. His green eyes gleamed with somethi

isted. "So, yo

ied her for a long moment before noddi

her. "Then why d

tting the door behind him. "I've known Killian a long t

, unwelcome and unfamiliar.

softer now. "But whatever hap

ne. "You think someone eras

ste. And they made damn sure y

st her lungs. If she had been taken, if her memories had

. A group of warriors stood in a tight circle, whispering am

ze, his jaw tighteni

e curled in her

on the pack has always been strong, but your disappearance l

ian's mate, his Luna, then she was more than just a lost woman-she

"I don't even remember who I was,

thing about power, Celeste. It doesn't

the worn wood. Whoever had erased her memories hadn't just s

even know w

t his steady gaze. "Then I g

flickering behind his sharp green eyes. "N

her past, she would take it back. If someone had stolen her life, she would make them regr