Chapter 1
At my bachelorette party, my Alpha mate Xavier Vaelen’s childhood friend Hanna lost a game and was dared by the crowd to reveal “the most intimate thing she’s ever done with the opposite sex.”
She suddenly turned to me with a mischievous grin, her voice loud enough for everyone to hear. “I helped Xavier with his
needs.”
The room erupted in gasps.
“Just a handjob,” she added nonchalantly, sticking out her tongue.
I clutched my five-month pregnant belly, feeling the familiar tightening of my wolf pregnancy stress response-a sign that
my pup was sensing my distress.
Hanna, as if just remembering my presence, shrugged with an air of indifference. “Oh, it was right after you found out you were pregnant. He was drunk, and it was his rut, so… Luna, don’t thank me. It was just a favor between friends. Better than him seeking out another Omega and breaking the mate bond, right?”
Before she could finish, Xavier grabbed a half-eaten cucumber and smacked it against Hanna’s hand, his tone teasing.
“Shut up, Hanna. You’re nowhere near as good as my mate!”
Hanna laughed, taking a bite of the cucumber, her eyes glinting with innuendo. “Well, this size is about right for you.”
They burst into laughter, the rest of the pack joining in, as if an invisible barrier had been erected around me. No one noticed my pale face or the tension in my belly. To them, I, the Luna carrying the future Alpha heir, was just a background
character in their “celebration.”
The game continued, and this time Xavier lost. The punishment card read:[French kiss an opposite-sex pack member for
three minutes]
There were only two Omegas present-me and Hanna. Yet, everyone instinctively pushed Xavier toward Hanna, chanting,
“It’s just a game! Don’t take it seriously!”
Xavier didn’t resist, smiling, and Hanna leaned in, tilting her head up. The crowd cheered, phones raised to capture the
moment.
I couldn’t take it anymore, so I grabbed a glass from the table and smashed it on the floor.
The shattering glass silenced the room.
In the dead quiet, I straightened, my voice eerily calm. “Want to play something even more exciting? Let me spice it up for
you.”
I pulled out my phone and dialed the pack’s enforcement hotline. “Hello, I’d like to report a violation of pack ethics. There’s
an orgy happening in Blackthorn territory…”
Xavier was the first to react, lunging for my phone, his voice laced with irritation. “Rosalie, are you insane? It’s just a game!
Why involve the enforcers?”
I stared at his hand still resting on Hanna’s waist and suddenly laughed, tears streaming down my face. “Xavier, when our pup is born, how will you explain this? That his Alpha father couldn’t control his instincts, and his Omega mother was a fool who let you trample on our mate bond?”
Xavier’s face darkened as he shielded Hanna behind him, his voice low with anger. “You’re overreacting. It’s just a game!”
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I snapped, “If disrespecting your mate and disregarding pack ethics is a “game,” then I’m not playing.”
I turned to leave, but Xavier grabbed my wrist. “We’re about to officially formed our mate bond. I’ll announce your Luna status to the entire Blackthorn Pack. Do you really have to ruin the fun?”
Always the “pack”-he could always spin his failures as sacrifices for the pack.
I turned and struck him across the face.
The room fell silent.
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