Alpha's Moonchild

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urs. My wrists ached, the sharp bite of metal digging into my skin.

was dark, cold

...I had been sent to Elder Marwen's hut to retrieve the sacred vial that would seal my mate bond with Alpha Deric of Shadowf

ay I would finally meet my ma

ng with pain I couldn't remember earning. Something wasn't right. How did I end up he

d to listen, my body frozen in fear. Then, a familiar v

my step

fang Pack and Bloodmoon Pack! A bond sealed by the Moo

n my throat. No. T

e hammering. Someone else was taking my

was weak, barely audible. My throat

imbing its way up my chest. How? How did this happen? Tea

ha D

searing agony that shattered through my soul. My mate was bonding with someone else. The connection was

ain was unbearable. Every second felt like my soul was being ripped from m

Hours A

lor called me earlier for the final fitting,

hen slowly lifte

again," sh

"I'm sorry-I

chin, forcing me to look at h

ce steel. "And who told you you were

lse p

dying me like I was som

e so easily. Perhaps

up. I knew what

I rushed out, my vo

ing me with a little shove. "Good, and try no

my legs trembling beneath me. Ever since my mother died seventeen years ago,

f my actions. But old enough to remember the hatred in my father's eyes

way, angry over something so small, so meaningless. If I had just stayed home, she woul

eturn immediately," she had ordered. "We d

my marriage to Alpha Deric was inevitable. It had been arranged before I wa

ust my fated mate; he was a promise of something more. A new

orest, heading to Elder Marwen's small hut on the

w.

I had to stop the ceremony before the bond was complet

pha Deric as your mate an

hut, hoping not to h

d

ent I thought my heart had stopped b

ed. My body collapsed against the cold gr

ision blurring as a door creaked open. A shadow stood at

, to beg, to scream. Bu

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