The word Mate echoed through the crowd of warriors, passing from one person to the next until everyone knew the truth. Carlo, their future Alpha, had found his mate—he had found their Luna. His father tensed for a moment, though joy flickered in his eyes.
I couldn't blame anyone for feeling this way. Few knew about my relationship with Carlo. Only Vito, Chiara, Sofia, Enrico, and Carlo himself knew. Even Carlo’s parents, the Alpha and Luna, had been left out. It was my preference—anything to avoid seeing the same pity in the eyes of the entire pack that I now saw in those of my friends.
A small, cowardly part of me wanted to flee, to leave everything behind for the second time.
But I silenced that part, crushing it before it could even take hold. I wiped my face clean of any emotion, fo
