The Alpha Lost Mate

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ASHBACK~

nth birthday ball party, the n

h roses floated through the grand ballroom. Laughter, music, and the rustling of silk go

night I would shift into my true self

t of my heart that he would b

sky-blue gown. It shimmered under the lights, hand-stitched by my mother herself. Maddie had spent weeks perfecting

he house. "Stay calm," he whispered in his deep voice. "Ton

raight to him. Maximus, the a

r heads. He was tall, broad, with shoulders that carried the weight of a kingdom. His hair was dark like midnight.

him since I

I thought he wo

him standing by the grand staircase, his hands in his pockets, his bl

et, I froz

pull almost like my wolf inside me was reachi

didn't look awa

ed marble floor. The crowd seemed to part for me as if th

ve,he just stood

feel it too," he whispered, his voice bar

it,a flicker like he might take my hand li

ared with a bl

His shoulders squar

,princes,beta's were all present to w

ure that my turning of a

ball room, all eyes on I

aximus,his l

he said coldly, his voice sharp enough to slice t

l silent,I forgo

ing into me like a landslide. My wolf whimpered insi

out, voice cracki

're not what I want,Y

p closer. "Maximus, you know me,You

" he said, voice flat. "We

ps. My heart was breaking righ

mate," I said, voice b

mistake,"

from Maximus' sister,Nina

my chest so sharp I thought I might coll

nd ran out of the ballroom, through the long cor

by the edge of the fountain, gasping, shaking, h

for this nigh

oyed it with

e training yard whenever he came to visit me at our pack, barefoot and breathless. I remembered when he gave me a wooden

n wrong a

s pulled me out of my

arms around my trembling body. "Shh," she whispered,

ed. "He rejected me

voice cracked.

would he do that? I di

ually calm face was stormy now. "That boy doesn't deserve you," he growled.

my tea

roke in me

never be the

ay from the garden, I turned one last ti

he balcony, alone wa

I could see his eyes were c

t as though something ter