ll

h laughter and clinking glasses. Wolves danced, drank

to be me choosing my mate, my Luna, but how coul

es with me? Did she think that I coul

exchanged shallow pleasantries with acquaintances and with every female that brushed too close, every h

was watching

ng fo

y

had been serious

wanted to be my Luna. And despite everything, my wolf stirred every time I imagined her walking

passed. Th

e to find me. It had al

I didn't care. She slipped her hand into the crook of my elbow, leaning in far t

er with a polite s

o. "Perhaps I ca

o

y wanted to snap. I t

use

, passing dancers and council members. I pushed open the

rling in my chest. I followed the stone

eams. The woman I dreamt of every

y

s, her golden hair catching the m

... Damon. The man she lo

d turne

Too close fo

th running, his damn eyes wa

aid it was over. She said she wanted me

ere s

ai

lose to him and she w

e. My vision narrowed. My breath was shallow. I didn't wait t

ack to him because it

harder than I meant to. The music and the smell of d

i

to play game

ted. Tall, curvy, pretty in the sort of way that mad

pointed

nked. "

Walk wi

ugged at her lips.

know her nam

wasn't the only one who could move on. That I didn't need her. Tha

wasn't sure who I was try

ur wake. I led her out toward the back,

ee. I hoped she would hear me whisper sweet not

th

am tore thro

mo

tep, instinct

ed by what could only be a body slamming

e

ra

iumphan

and found the scene just

ood alo

n the grass, groanin

d thro

st swe

't go ba

ought

all true or was I hallucin

the one that had dragged another woman out here in some fool

shing past the girl

.?" she

t stop

head. I should have known better. Lyra wa

rous. And more mine than ever. But even if she wanted

way I had burned for h

er pr

e truly meant to be mine this

en she

n't let

at she meant it when she