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….

if it was the alcohol

letting

since I’d slept so deeply?

dream, I saw the image

young girl’s tiny body curled around me.

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Finished

knew that I’d been

smiled, holding me just as tightly in return. The sensation of being in her arms was so real

too soon. A rapid knock

ready. Don’t you have a

Queenie’s voice came from the other side of the

odd–Queenie never

what had made her so worked up

something felt off. There was a faint, lingering scent in the air, and my arms felt warm

I could feel strands of hair tangled my

was I holding?

met with a pair of large light brown eyes, just as shocked as I

my arms, and I could

was wearing only a thin nightgown, and she pointed

I realized who she was, my gaze darkened, and my face

“Rosaline?”

must have

so–called fiancée ended up

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

at me blankly, as if considering

have been staying in the guest room. Seeing her here, it was obvious she’d either

didn’t seduce you. Queenie told me yesterday that this

me while I slept, so how do you

still knocking outside the door.

idea of what had happened. What she said was true, and I

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