The mate I rejected…
…became the woman I could no longer forget.
The training ground was silent.
Not because the warriors had stopped fighting.
Because I had.
“Alpha?”
Beta Lucas called my name for the third time.
I lowered my sword and looked at him.
“What?”
“You’ve defeated me three times already.”
“You’ve been somewhere else this whole morning.”
“I asked if we should continue training.”
I glanced around the field.
Dozens of warriors were watching me.
“I’m done for today.”
Without waiting for a reply, I turned and walked toward the pack house.
Behind me, I heard the whispers begin.
“Something’s wrong with the Alpha.”
“He hasn’t been himself lately.”
“Ever since the Moon Blessing Ceremony…”
I clenched my fists.
They weren’t wrong.
It had been weeks since I rejected A
