“Emma and I saw the Moon Goddess after she broke the curse,” I said. “Her magic knocked us out, and we woke up on some field. We got to talk to the Moon Goddess there. She told me that my true mate was waiting for me in my pack.”
Mark’s eyes widened even more.
“Who is she?” he asked.
I shrugged.
Mark wanted to ask me something else, but he was interrupted when the door to my office burst open.
“Where is your Luna?” my father asked.
His eyes widened as he looked me up and down.
“What the fuck happened to you?!” he yelled, closing my office door.
The rage inside of me started to boil.
The man in front of me was guilty of fucking everything. He was the one who filled my head with stories of the White Wolf. He was the one who told me that I was her Goddess-given mate. He was the one who made me believe that she belonged to me.
He killed my mother. He abused me. He completely destroyed our pack.
I was to blame too. I shouldn’t have listened to him.
Looking back, the curse trapped so much anger inside of me. The dark magic was eating my heart and my soul. My father only added fuel to the fire.
I wanted to kill him.
But I couldn’t.
No matter what, he was my father. I wouldn’t be able to live with the fact that I killed my own father.
“You are banished from the pack,” I said as I stood up. “You are no longer a member of the Blood Moon Pack. You will be escorted to the border. You are a rogue now. If I see you near my pack, I will kill you.”
I could feel my father’s link to the pack break.
His eyes widened as he fell to his knees. He gasped for air.
“What did you do?!” he screamed.
“You made my life a living hell,” I said, trying to remain calm. “You poisoned my mind and my soul. You destroyed our pack. You don’t deserve to be a part of it anymore. You don’t deserve to be a part of my life anymore.”
My warriors knocked on my office door. They could smell my father. He smelt like a rogue now.
“Come in,” I said.
The door opened, and my warriors walked inside.
“Take him to the border,” I ordered. “He is no longer a member of our pack.”
I could tell that my warriors were surprised, but they listened to me. They didn’t have any other choice.
“This isn’t over!” my father screamed. “I will get you back for this! I will make your life a living hell, Nathan!”
“You already did,” I said as the office door closed.
The last thing I saw was the murderous look in my father’s eyes.
“What the fuck?” Mark mumbled, making me look back at him.
“I promised Emma that I would cut all ties with him,” I said as I walked to the liquor cabinet and poured myself another drink. “I promised Emma that I would listen to my wolf more. She saved my life, and I will do everything I can to repay her.”
“Don’t get me wrong, I am happy that you finally got rid of your father, but exiling him?” Mark mumbled. “Was that smart?”
“I don’t give a shit,” I said. “I will kill him if I see him here again.”
I poured another drink down my throat.
I took a deep breath after gulping down my drink.
I froze. Noel stirred.
The most beautiful scent made my knees buckle.
A knock on the door made me freeze.
“Come in,” Mark mumbled.
My mate was on the other side of that door. I knew it. I felt it.
The door opened, and the most wonderful woman walked inside my office.
Janet.
She was staring at me wide-eyed. I could hear her heart racing.
“What the hell is going on?” she mumbled, her voice trembling. “Why did my wolf just recognize you as my mate?”
Mark gasped.
Noel was going to explode with happiness.
“Mate,” I mumbled as I rushed toward her.
I closed the distance between us and pulled her into my arms.
Tingles and sparks exploded on my skin.
I had my mate with me all along. She was always next to me. She was always mine.
Janet’s POV
I was so confused.
My heart was pounding in my chest. The tingles and sparks on my skin were pleasurable but weird.
What was going on?!
‘What is going on, Jess?’I asked my wolf.
‘I don’t know,’she whined.‘I can’t talk to Noel. He is too excited.’
Nathan finally let me go.
I saw tears on his bruised cheeks.
One of his eyes was swollen shut. The other was completely black and blue.
“Can you give us some privacy, Mark?” Nathan mumbled, keeping his eyes on mine.
Well, one of his eyes.
“Sure,” Mark mumbled, and I heard him leave Nathan’s office.
“You were right next to me all this time,” Nathan mumbled as he leaned his forehead on mine.
Why wasn’t he as surprised as I was? Why did it seem like he knew what was going on? Did he know?
“What is going on, Nathan?” I asked, trying to stop my voice from shaking.
Nathan lifted his head and took my hand in his. He pulled me to the couch, and we sat beside each other.
“There is no easy way to say this, Jenny,” he mumbled, calling me by my childhood nickname. “I will tell you my story, and I will let you decide what you want to do.”
I wasn’t sure if it was possible, but my heart raced even more.
“You know the legend of the White Wolf?” Nathan asked me.
“Of course,” I mumbled.
We grew up listening to stories about the White Wolf. Everyone from our pack knew the legend.
“The stories are true, Jenny,” Nathan said, tightening his grip on my hand. “Alpha Logan’s mate, Emma, is the White Wolf.”
My eyes widened. What?
“My father always told me that I was the White Wolf’s Goddess-given mate,” Nathan continued. “He told me that she would be my Luna. He told me that she would make me the strongest Alpha.”
Nathan took a deep breath and caressed my cheek.
The tingles made me shiver.
“When I found out about Emma, I knew that I had to go get her,” Nathan mumbled. “I was so fucking sure that she was mine. I left to the Crescent Moon Pack to bring her back here and make her my Luna.”
My heart broke. Jess howled quietly. I could feel her pain. I could feel her sadness.
Nathan tightened his jaw. He pulled me closer and placed an arm around my waist.
“I was wrong, Jenny,” Nathan continued. “I was the cursed mate. Emma was already with her Goddess-given mate. You and I couldn’t feel our bond because I was under a spell.”
I could feel my heartbeat in my throat. It was getting harder and harder to breathe.
“You left me to go get her?” I mumbled, feeling a sharp pain in my chest.
Everything was so much worse because I was…
“I did,” Nathan mumbled. “I am so fucking sorry. I didn’t know. If I knew, I wouldn’t leave. I wouldn’t leave you, Jenny.”
I felt a tear fall on my cheek.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.