us's
?" my mother inquired, making me roll my eyes. Yo
y meat without lo
the idea of selected mat
er's new partner, urged. "He already told
ived a littl
against the guy, yet something ab
yself. I never understood why my mother wanted to marry him, but it wasn't
not a Lycan like my mother and me. Technically, that was true. What my pack memb
ouldn't be able to become the Alpha
Gabriel today. He appeare
her muttered as she clasped his hand in
ed up at her
e replied with a trace of
e heck
" I inquired before my moth
. Gabriel groaned, ran his fingers throug
t me, and I raised
ying," my mother whispered
iel. I was so fu
find your fated mate," I mu
the Goddess. A partner was meant to be adored and treasured. What the heck wa
up at me and too
briel murmured. "I j
y evolved in
ng his mate? I was so fucking convinced that I wou
d surface. I waited for it to happen. I was the only one with Lycan genes in my pack, and I imagined tha
ped talking
never occurred. I grew more and more frustrated. I became so fucking mad. I spent my days intoxicated on wh
talking and star
ve a bond with h
ared at me. "I wouldn't be able
her. The mark wasn't as potent as it was when it was
u, Gabriel?" my mother remarked with
l was she talking about? How could h
Gabriel
oned, narrowing
h her," Gabriel rep
es ex
d a c
hat I would mark her," Gabriel confessed.
he little respect I had for G
as he ran his fingers through his hair. "I ha
king and took
uestioned, attempting to d
. "She is 17 years ol
dying?" I said, s
. She contacted me a few days ago, implo
ing to do i
r. He would do it. He wouldn't just let a 17
d idea, Magnus," my mother
t?" I said, furi
e," my mother lamented. "I'm not sure t
and stared
child alone again," I repl
Riverstone," G
ith my father. It was just a few months before Dad di
iel," I murmured as I rose. "You already
away from
o get away
king angry w
at to his fated ma
an anything else in the world. She wou
er do what
ve