Finding Her Lost Mate

red with her husband. She braced herself because she’d heard

everything as he liked an

” he b

ed on a smile. “Lucien

ve dinner on the table ri

y to serve and looked him up and down. “You d

of over our heads. If I want

He’d never listened to Emma and she had to sweep the floor every day. He shrugged off his coat, hanging it on a hook by

st how he liked it. She set the plate in front of him then spooned out her portion. She sat a

manners didn’t matter. He was the Alpha

f? Emma would never know and each day she spent with him, she curs

arents to pick someone else, but, according to them, he was much better than th

as you

y as a

about whiny pack membe

between his plate and his m

ioned her sincerity. What had he

u’re always ready to s

ly worked. From the outside, the house looked like a dream, but inside it was a nightmare. She’d begged him to let her upgr

, Luc

d a book club meeting tonight and if he w

haling his food. “I ha

do

used.

k cl

oint, but I guess if I’m not g

uld get out of the ho

they meetin

ookstore

o ponder th

mily need anything? I can collect donations

ou dare get involved. They

or snobby. She was none of those things. Lucien hamstrung her efforts to get to know people. This was her pa

ka

quickly, then rose. “The Council of Wolves is

of Emma was glad they hadn’t, unsure of what kind

d to take ca

You won’t go to the doctor t

ual green to a dangerous red. “There is nothing wrong with

Lucien, but she wouldn’t tell him that. The doctors had cle

d her lips

minutes before

ow? I’m

h when I’m fin

the Alpha’s mate, it was Emma’s obligation to give him a child. An heir. Some

she could just lay back and think of something else. If she said

Her heart ached every month when she saw

his face. He was cold and distant most of the time, and the bedroom was no differ

mm

eeting. Emma showered and dressed, hoping

umors that swirled around her. She grabbed her book, then headed downtown to the bookstore. Fang City was a

x. She wondered where he was, and what he was doing ,but

bookstore. It looked out on the alley where a few of the town’s bars s

ld clean up this

like to g

looking for a quickie. I want a m

ome. Julie didn’t know what she was wishing for. Emma’s father had slept around al

m also. “I’m

He gets to do what h

her hand. “It’s

sooner that Julia figured that ou

tonight. She watched her husband hanging onto someone and wal

ything more about their pack lead

chosen to follow what her parents had wanted and here she was.

gone with Dex when he’d asked her to. He would have taken her away. At least

said and Emma was thankf

or the ending. It was

onder what’s taking ever

but I need to l

Emma’s gaze went out the window again. She o

you o

think I saw s

all

get a better look. Yes. It was who she thought it was

ou