Alpha's Wolfless Mate

a's

e up in sheets drenched with my own sweat. The heat cycle had retur

heron of the Grimridge Pack, and I

out the empty, thumping want that sliced through my veins. "Goddam

didn't listen

ger. I looked fragile. The pack saw me as less.

tting to the academy. Mist from Vareth Ridge

one since my first heat years ago. I never learned why he leapt. Maybe ran away or

wed, clutching my books like a shield in front of me. My skin prickled. The heat in my bl

ir like a whip. She positioned herself in my way,

l of the pack. She was

king up the joint wi

ep her. "Let me p

closed with a sound that echoed in my ears. "You think you get to s

standing nearby and poured it over my head. Icy water slapped me like a punch, s

ered itself to my face, stinging wet, and the heat in my veins g

uld smell i

ing like a bitch in heat." Stacy crowed, cl

he crowd howled, several wolves stomping to the ground, and some others com

Stop," I whispered,

ng along my body with a yearning I couldn't mask. I

hould I? You're nothing, Maya. A nobody without a wolf, who can't

in here. Not your pack, not your family. Even Finn did not st

up," I

look, she's crying!" she sneered as she turned to the wolves. "Poor little Maya never st

e crowd roared, some in the audience chanting

"Crawl into a hole and don't let us smell you. Or better yet, throw

ore I could do a thing, scribbled "FREAK" big and bo

inst the lockers. My body was shaki

f me, "You're not even worth t

ice boomed dow

hich way like leaves in a tempest...even Stacy. My heart leapt. T

dripping, reeking, shaming my bloo

never asked for this," I choked, the water falling from my ha

ering above me, "Your sister's too youn

elope from his coat

Gala. You've been invi

panic closing a

has decided who would be their mate beneath the full moon. I

please, I

nging the card at my feet.

will shame Grimridge. Do you understand? We leave at da

Father's words echoed in m

to run, but there w

me. It was a shattered room where

room of Alphas, smelling like this..." I m

the ground and

door creaked open, "Well, well," Veyra...stepmot

 "I...what d

rl. Lucky for your mother to die the moment you entered this

..." I

nk the stars for the fact that she's dead. Imagine what her

urned m

k Father no

pted, "The Lycan Leader himself sent the invitation. You refus

tures like you there, don't you? Sold to slavers, hunted for sport, thrown to beas

ther would never allow it

f the things your father would allow. If you are here n

the wo

in her hand and made me face he

causing my head

e straightened herself, "Or th

oor, and halted at the door. "Go clean you