The Mate He Lost, The Luna I Became

Synopsis

As the fated mate of the future Alpha of the Silvermoon Pack, Ethan Howson, I waited for him for three whole years. Even when he drew near, when my wolf howled frantically at the mate bond tying us together, he refused to complete the official marking on the full moon. Then, he became obsessed with my half-sister, Ella Frost. He claimed Ella was his "true love," flouting Pack rules by flooding the entire territory with possessive pheromones, all to win her over. This time, my wolf didn't howl. It didn't beg for him to stay through our mind-link, as it had so many times before. I watched them calmly, and in that moment, I shut down the bond between us. I rid my space of every trace of him: every trinket that carried his scent. The pure white lace robe I'd secretly stitched for our mating ceremony went into the fireplace, consumed by roaring flames. The day before his first post-adulthood full moon transformation, I severed my mental connection to Silvermoon Territory alone and got behind the wheel. Before I got in the car, Ethan sent me a message on the Pack network: [Why aren't you here yet? Everyone and the elders are waiting for you.] A sarcastic smile touched my lips as I read it. I didn't reply. Instead, I blocked his number, along with every other Silvermoon Pack member's comm signal. He had no idea that half a month earlier, I'd accepted the mate bond offered by Lucas Wayne, Alpha of the Nightshade Bloodmoon Pack, the most powerful Pack in the North. When my plane touched down in the Northern Realm, I would take his marking and become his Luna.