She picks up a pillow and chucks it at me. “Oh, like I knew about Keith.”
I flush. “Okay, okay, I'm guilty. No, back on topic, when did you feel the pull?”
“Around eight months ago.”
What??
Did she know then, too? Did she marry that Alpha, knowing she was walking away from their mate? If so, what is different about this time?
“Why did you wait so long to say something?”
Tessa shrugs. “I um… I just wasn't sure how that would work. Ben is going to be Beta, and at the time, my position as Alpha wasn't exactly set in stone. I mean it still isn't.”
“So what changed?” I ask gently.
“I did, I guess,” her blush reaches her ears. “We were training late one night, and he was telling me how he supported me and how proud he was that I would be his Alpha. He spoke like it was a given, like I wo
