The Alpha's Discarded Mate

na'

oice carrying that Alpha tone that usually made my kn

pushing the plate of eggs away from me. Th

to make my heart flutter. Now it just looked impatient. "The pack doctor said m

ut for three years. The heir that would finally prove I belong

n," I suggested, wrapping my silk robe

final. "He's busy with more impor

lways busy with "pack business" that somehow never included me anymore. Gone were the days whe

I asked, trying to sound ca

Alpha business." He kissed my forehead absently,

before our mating ceremony I'd been the head healer of my birth pack

a ghost. The pack members who used to greet me warmly now barely me

rd her telling her daughter Lydia last week. "Bei

y enough to catch the Alpha's eye. Never mind that I'd helped build this pack's rep

Celeste: "Missing you! Can't wait to see

lately, which meant everything to me when I felt so isolated. My sweet little

lies. But even that felt hollow now. Marcus had quietly reassigned most of my heali

y more human. Marcus still wasn't home when Celeste arrived for dinner, lo

She'd always been the prettier sister, the

e seeming different somehow. Se

il meeting. You

as soft, almost pitying. "Luna, there's something

ld. "What are yo

." She reached for my hands, her touch surprisingly c

d. "That's impo

filled with what looked like tears.

around me. "

t her phone, and my heart sha

ering the hotel with a woman. A pregnant woma

ed exactly like

she?" I

htened. "Luna, I'm so sorry. I

, I already knew my perfect life was