The alpha became a monk after having affair

heodore Vaughn, I found out I was carrying our p

t up my file, clutching the documents

nned my bonding certifi

unkind. She tapped the parchment sharply. "The i

stumbling. "Fake?

slid the paper back to

drove to the pack's family cour

e gut-punch verdict, her words sli

she said, glancing at her screen. "H

abe

y half-sister, Alpha Theodore's first love. The she-wolf who'd abandoned him at their bin

avy, my vision blurred, like I was a ghost drif

until I was inside, the dam breaking

o Isabelle's place to preserve o

, a substitute she-wolf bound t

distant, like a winter

g his favorite meals, keeping his den spotles

, he so

ff, but his ears would twitch with amusement as I babbled about silly lunar myths that only made sense to me. He let me handle t

d me a golden card with no spending limit, took me

idnight, he drove through the night to get it, chuckling as he pinched my

elted the ice around his heart. I tho

onths ago, Isa

ng , she returned to our pack, her presence

rt, called a family meeting. His fac

atest regret is not binding with Alpha Theodore. So, you'll step aside, Evelyn.

ands, pleading. "She's your blood, Evel

king. "It's my final wish before

napped back, "You pushed me into this bond like a pawn to save face, and no

g me in my room like a prisoner, vo

dore had smashed a vase in front of F

roke that he'd publicly decla

all pack business with the Ha

nally swung open, I ran to him, barefoot an

everything he'd done. But then he

rry," he said, h

iting our families' history. I have to play along with Isabe

eted, each word

g his gaunt face. "You've done eno

n Isabelle's finger in a lavish binding

like he was trying to make up for something.

visits turned into nigh

rt and angry, he'd sigh, h

erely standing by her side, easin

lieve

lapped me hard eno

nd I forced myself to pull it together, my f

gnoring the uneasy look on Alp

u're here?"

's overseeing th

him," I said, br

my hand on the knob, when I

ha Theodore," she said, he

eath doesn't catc