After a minute of silence, I continue, "The man was always there for me since I was born, Luke. My father was always busy working, leaving my mom and me out of town. That's why he lived in our house. He taught me so many things. My family hid the cause of his death from me. All I remember is crying at his grave, wishing he would come back to me. I only understood later, when Lucien explained that he was supposed to take the position of Alpha, replacing my grandpa. His death made me the next female Alpha."
"I guess I knew back then that the pretty little girl in a black dress, sitting on Jason's tombstone and hugging it until nightfall, was my mate," Lucas said, memories flooding back to my mind. “I already shifted and the sparks where our skin touches made me recognized my mate. But someh
