e

r treated oformy wounds. Life in the pack continued, with no one coming for me. Amara couldn't save me even if she

, and sad that she could do nothing to help. Even if I managed to shif

ty. My mouth tasted bitter, and the blood from my wounds had all dried up, but still needed stitches. When Caleb drew the i

t know what he might do to us

lf protested. That c

h and see,

ing over the bruises caused by his father's strong grip around my neck. I held my breath, my ey

ere he was going with this. My

I tol

ut up,

ind because it was playing out in reality. I couldn't believe it. Alpha Brennan's son, Caleb, the most sought-after Alpha of t

e came across. I was too weak to observe with my eyes, so I just kept my head close to his chest, enjoying his warmth and manly pheromones. His b

dirtied forehead softly. "Rest here for a while,

hank you," I

re we

eally well, and I was given food, so I had gotten stronger to sit up and even talk. Amara still hadn't come to see me, and I took it as she might hav

p more space, but I didn't mind. We, sitting in proximity, seemed like a scene out of my wildest dreams, and the

k you enough for everything.

. "What are

swelled w

te

y eyes. I couldn'

nally fell. All these years of pain, all these years of sorrow, of hard work, of abuse, of e

Caleb. My m

ep. Nothing could go wr

th

rkness, cuffed

ai

ing against the dungeon walls. I couldn't be

my clinic gown, my stitches intact. "Ca

s my mate. I knew it was too early to trust him, but he'd proved to be unlike his father. Kind. Com

bother doing all tha

asn't...

view. Happiness swelled in my chest as he pulled the dungeon d

e, his eyes unreadable. "What...what is happening? I was sleeping

.." He

through my c

ouch my jaw, his fingers light against my stitched bruises. "Y

y wolf whined in pain. "What are you saying, Caleb? We're destined for each

then I couldn't beli

t out l

ing laughter that m

t to take over after my father, and I can't have a weakling for a Luna. It has never happened in the hi

s father...this was the outcome. Alpha Brennan had placed a conditi

en I thought things would turn around and be good, it was only ge

ry, Leora. The Moon Goddess might want this for us, but I don't want t

howled. Fucking

remain here for a long time until my coronation with my chosen Luna is done i

shed my teeth in anguish, crying and thrashing around as the agony wracked through my weak

r worth it

wort