The Alpha's Discarded Mate

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t drove by made me jump. Every creak of the hous

aranoia felt safer than the naive tru

know you hate me right now, but there are things you need to know

ed it like the

en healers, respected in our birth pack. Our grandmother had been... wh

-guess myself, I type

"Not over text. Can I come over

, there was Celeste's silver sedan parked behind my

r in. But I needed answers, and she was the

door but didn't inv

she was approaching a wild animal. Maybe

? This is going

the porch step

om step while I remained in the doorway,

running her hands through her hair. "Lu

n I was seven. She used to tell

eren't

down my sp

at me with eyes that were eerily similar to mine. "The bonding potion wasn't just

" The word came

" She took a shaky breath. "You're Moon-blessed, Luna. Y

possible. "That's ridiculous. If I was some special

. "The bonding potion wasn't just to create an artificial mate bo

ha commands that had worked on Marcus, the w

udible. "Why would our own m

last Moon Priestess was executed fifty years ago. The Alpha Council decl

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Celeste wiped her eyes. "When you were born and started showing signs, Mother panicked.

orframe, overwhelmed.

ust by touching them. Animals followed you around like you were Snow White." A s

ed

ght, you were... dimmer. More normal. Moth

lf myself, like something was missing. All the times I'd

ng in my chest again. "He knew wh

her does his family. They just saw a politically convenient mat

ho else

. And..." S

nd

fore she left our pack. She's the one who h

woman I'd just called for help, the

t's wrong?

hollow. "I told her everyth

o. Luna, we have to go. W

d Mother, maybe sh

" Celeste grabbed my arm. "She's coming to

or

e already showing Alpha abilities..." She swallowed hard. "The Alpha Council has

mina

you before they let another

heard the sound of a car engine

was alm

tand that everyone I'd ever

as my own sister ly

ng on my arm. "Right now, Luna. Grab

ife, everything I'd built

ter, who might be my sa

ine was get

conds to decide who t

suspect that the wrong