The Dinners Inn Motel, California Natalia Not caring about Blake’s image, I rushed to him and slapped him hard in the face. He stopped yelling and looked at me, stunned. Before he had the time to react, I turned to Massimo. “I, Natalia White-Hunter, Luna of the Dark Moon pack, reject you, Massimo Azzarello, Alpha of the Moon Howlers pack.” Massimo clutched his chest, locked eyes with me and smiled. “I Massimo Azzarello, Alpha of the Moon Howlers pack, reject you Natalia White-Hunter as my mate,” he replied. I felt uncomfortable as my baby kicked in my stomach and started moving around like crazy. I turned to my husband, pulled him closer and shut his big mouth with a dominating kiss, trying to ease the pain Massimo’s rejection would cause me. Strange! Although Massimo had rejected

