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 close.

letting sleep take over.

been since I’d slept so

I saw

small, dark room, a young girl’s tiny body curled around me.

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Cured My Insomnia

Finished

I wondered if she knew that I’d

in return. The sensation of being

knock on the door

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

eyes, groggy from sleep. Queenie’s voice came from the other side of the door.

odd–Queenie never woke me

and I wondered what had made her so

was a faint, lingering scent in the air, and my

could feel strands

was I

with a pair of large light brown eyes, just as

arms, and I could

nightgown, and she pointed at me, asking, “Who

shown me her picture before. The moment I realized who she was, my gaze darkened, and my

“Rosaline?”

shock to indifference. She must have figured out

my so–called fiancée ended

laugh coldly. “You tried to seduce me the moment you arrived at

looked at me blankly, as if considering

fiancée, Rosaline should have been staying in the guest room. Seeing her here, it was obvious she’d either been set up or was trying to seduce me like some sort

told me yesterday that

held me while I slept,

still knocking outside the door.

of what had happened. What she said was true, and I couldn’t argue.

Thu, 13 Mar