The Alpha's Regret: He Lost His Fated White Wolf

rine burning my lungs, but my fa

tain who was faking a cramp, and carried

humiliated, Jax didn't offer a hand. Inst

ana," he spat in front of the w

our bond piece by piece, culminating at the sacred Moon Tree wher

w wasn't emotiona

e. As the poison paralyzed my limbs and I sank into the da

mes!" he shouted

and walked away,

m didn't. I finally accepted the reje

n a week. He thought I was nothi

as w

to a dance studio, right into the

ly shifted, I wa

a Whit

what he had thrown away

pte

ana

cold, but the reality hi

rong swimmer. Everyone in the North Gate Pack knew that. I was the unshifted girl, the eighte

allowing a mouthful of c

aos of the Summer Solsti

trongest of our generation, and the boy who held my heart in his hands. He was my mate. We hadn't complet

sn't look

eamed from the othe

er student, a Beta female who had arrived two months ago. She was beautiful, curvaceous,

need savi

y direction. With a growl that vibrated through

am to

r in the bond connecting us. I watched as he scooped Catalina up in his po

vering body out of the water. No one offered me a hand

wet t-shirt, shivering dramatically, l

" Jax asked, h

a cramp," sh

cheap sundress, shivering violently.

a warm hazel, were hard and cold. Ther

Eliana," h

, stunned

ng so everyone could hear. "Catalina was in trouble.

im, Jax! Yo

flaring. It was a heavy, suffocating pres

oug

en; it was slammed d

he projected through the mind-link, his voice boomi

s an unshifted wolf-an Omega by status until I proved

concrete, scra

ppled throu

me second. The ninety-ninth time he had look

, somethi

ngle, high-pitched keening

sil

pping a towel around Catalina's

ere shaking, but not

I said

busy whispering comfort to t

dging eyes of the pack members, past the snickering t

ched my parents' house on

lights. I sat at my desk, water pooli

ing the acceptance letter I

rk Uni

d. Far away from the North Gate Pack. Far away fro

where Jax was going. I had planned my

d the

pt O

icke

The dried flowers from prom, the oversized hoodies he let me stea

ll like him-like pine and rain. Now,

ed a tr

he pool. I just started throwing things away. Eve

done w