I am the Luna of my park. I just turned 18 years old. The one who was meant to be my mate was over a hundred years old. I was an uneducated wolf exploring Southern Europe, and my ancestor was the king of the Southern Europe Alphas. He was huge and strong. I was small. He wouldn't accept no for an answer. He accomplishes whatever he wishes for. Talk about a forbidden, age-gap romance. Our meeting had been nothing short of happenstance, luck of the draw, a strike of fate, or one of the many other things people say when you meet the one person meant to be yours and yours alone. But we were meant to be together. Fated mates by destiny Maybe I should have fought the attraction. Or maybe I should have played hard to get it. Especially when my Alpha mate was so big, growly, and an over-the-top Alpha? But where was the pleasure in that age gap?

"𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭," 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐲. "𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞?" 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. "𝐍𝐨," 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫. "𝐈'𝐦 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧." 𝐗𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞. "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞?" 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. "𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫." 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐗𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐩, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫.

When Vanessa's naked images surfaced online and damaged her reputation, their delight was replaced by dejection. To find out the truth, she pretended to be dead and vanished, assisted by Alice. Vanessa discovered her vindictive ex-lover, Benjamin, by using hackers to find the offender. The rumors remained even when he was put in jail.