Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

“I feel a little bit like a failure,” he suddenly blurts out. “Like what my pack is

saying about me… that I’m a bad Alpha… might be true.”

My eyes widen. “Karl! Don’t—”

“Abby,” he says, tilting his head back to look up at the sky, “I came here—to this

city—for you. To win you back. No other reason. And I practically abandoned my

pack. I’ve been dealing with everything over the phone, over email.”

His words make my heart sink. I guess I knew that it was true, but hearing it out

loud like this kind of hurts, I’ll admit, and not in the way I would have thought.

I feel a little guilty—guilty for stringing him along like this, guilty for keeping him

here for so long, guilty for allowing him to shirk his responsibilities and lose

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approval as Alpha, all so I could keep him on a leash in case I ever decided to

get back together with him.

And what really sucks is that even now, even as he’s telling me this, I’m still not

if

me, and it must hurt him more than I could ever

lost in our thoughts, the wine bottle danging

fingers.

to his lips, remembering the feel of them on

it will happen again. But the gravity

isn’t the time for

the subject, at least a little bit, “we

The words come out softer than I

with a sense of loss I

confirms. “Unless you plan

joining

as my heart clenches at the thought. “Tempting.

pride and

a soft smile lifting the corners of his mouth.

the famous chef bow out,

but the space between us still feels

laden with unspoken emotions. We both take another

as if the liquid courage

know,” I start, unsure of how to frame

my throat, “even if I lose tomorrow, I’ll still be your

me to

eyes meet mine, and for a moment, the world