Counterback of the Despised Luna by Diana West

Counterback of the Despised Luna

Chapter 2 She Cured My Insomnia.

Caden’s POV:

Finished

To sharpen my skills, the Alpha of the Eclipse Pack handed over all the pack’s responsibilities and the management of the company’s capital expansion to me long before I was officially in charge.

As the heir, it was my duty, but what the hell was this sudden arranged marriage about?

Before I knew it, she had actually arrived at my home.

D*mn it, my fated mate was supposed to be “her,” and definitely not some unknown girl from the Shadow Pack.

I didn’t understand my grandfather’s decision. He knew that werewolves always had a destined mare, yet 18 years ago, he made a promise with his old friend, Hubert, to arrange this marriage.

The girl, Rosaline, was here. My grandfather had been calling me all afternoon, urging me to go pick her up. but I’d been deliberately delaying, making excuses. In the end, I heard that he sent one of the family drivers to fetch her.

I wasn’t interested in a pack from the extreme north like Frostmoore. I would get out of this arranged marriage sooner or later.

I had been busy all day, and by the time I returned home, it was already past midnight.

Managing the pack was exhausting, and I had drunk quite a bit of wine with dinner. My wolf, Edward, was urging me to sleep, so I hastily took a shower and collapsed into bed.

The soft mattress felt heavenly, but suddenly, I realized someone was in the bed with me.

In the dark. I couldn’t see her face, but I could tell she was a woman.

I froze, then before I could react, the woman turned over and pulled me into an embrace, murmuring. “Teddy, be good, it’s time to sleep.”

I was completely still.

Why did this feel so… right?

Her scent was faint, but it was so familiar. It was a fragrance that pierced my senses, tugging at something deep inside me.

She smelled just like her….

the alcohol or something else, but I couldn’t resist holding her

letting sleep take over.

since I’d slept so deeply?

my dream, I saw

small, dark room, a young girl’s tiny body curled around me. Her soft voice whispered,

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about her again. I wondered if she knew that

tightly in return. The sensation of being in her arms was so

too soon. A rapid knock on the door

breakfast is ready. Don’t you have a morning meeting? Get

voice

was odd–Queenie never woke me up.

and I wondered what had made her so

lingering scent in the air,

I could feel strands of hair tangled my

was I

up, my mind clearing instantly. As I turned, I was met with a pair of large light brown eyes, just as

my arms, and I could finally see her face. She was a

a thin nightgown, and she pointed at me, asking,

I realized who she was, my gaze darkened, and my face soured as I glared at

“Rosaline?”

shifted from shock to indifference. She must have figured out who I was

had my so–called fiancée ended up in my bed?

me the moment you arrived at the Holbrooks? Hah. The women of the Shadow Pack sure

blankly, as if considering

my fiancée, Rosaline should have been staying in the guest room. Seeing her here, it was obvious she’d either been set up or

of all, I didn’t seduce you. Queenie told me yesterday that this was my room. Mr. Holbrook, I’m not interested in you in the

already asleep when you came back last night. Didn’t you notice someone else in your bed? You held me while I slept, so how do you explain that?

knocking outside the door.

a pretty good idea of what had happened. What she said was true, and

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