From Luna to Alpha
The mate bond ceremony had barely ended when Simon Thompson, Alpha of the Moonshade Pack, suddenly shoved me aside.
"I picked up a human girl at the border. There's a storm tonight. I need to go stay with her."
My head buzzed.
"If you've already decided I'm your fated mate, why are you seeing her now?"
He stood up and pulled on his clothes. The bite mark I had left was still visible on the side of his neck.
"Tanya, I love you. But life is long. I need something fragile like that once in a while to feel something new."
My throat tightened.
"So on our mate bond night, you're dumping your Luna to sleep with a human?"
"Well, technically, the ceremony is already over," he corrected me, then bent down and pinched my cheek.
"You're the pack's Luna now. You should be more generous."
"And if I can't be?"
It was as if he had been waiting for that. He smiled.
"Then we sever the bond. Just know you might end up exiled as a lone wolf. Think it through, yeah?"
I collapsed onto the messy bed. Simon's scent still lingered in the air.
Outside the window, the full moon that had witnessed our vows looked unbearably ironic.