Fated to my Enemy by Diane Doherty

Book Two Chapter Eighteen

Future Alpha Aspen

After dropping Channing and Landon off at the pack house, I drove back to the diner to pick up Tessa and Sarah. I didn’t want either one of them to walk home tonight. It was below freezing and neither one of them had their wolves to keep them warm.

I had pulled up and parked when Landon was in my head.

“Alpha is looking for you.”

“I’ll talk to him when I get home,” I replied.

“Aspen, something serious is going on. You need to be careful and be on the lookout for wolves who are not a part of the pack. The council is getting crafty,” he warned me.

“I’m picking up the girls now and will be staying at their place all night. You can debrief me in the morning and then we can start our hunt.”

“Just be careful, Aspen,” he said before closing the link.

I sat in my truck, thinking about what Landon said. I was going to have to get Tessa a car. I didn’t like her walking around with a threat hanging over our heads. The more I spent with her, the more I

understood my father’s overprotectiveness of his mate. The council hurt her and he was going for blood.

“Hey Handsome,” Tessa opened the passenger door pulling me from my thoughts. “Is everything okay?” She asked, climbing up into the seat. Sarah was climbing into the back seat.

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“Yeah, just work. I brushed it off. “You two hungry? Pizza!”

love that I don’t have to

and I chuckled. “You

smacked me in the chest and I groaned. Her checks burned and she was

her hand in mine. This was my girl and I wanted everyone to

off to have a shower first, leaving me with Tessa, who went to change. I took a seat on the tiny couch and pulled out my phone to order pizza for us. I didn’t mind having to

changing out of her uniform and sat down beside me. I throw an arm over her

she mumbled, while I finished the order on the app.

since he went off to

you a question?” she stammered. I pocketed my phone

an open book for

just you and your brother don’t look alike,” I laughed before she could finish. She pushed off my chest to

she furrowed her brow.

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of her pack. She stayed away from packs until the company she worked for sent her here. They didn’t know they were second–chance mates until she got pregnant with my sister. There’s a bunch of other things in there but that’s the gist of it.” I explained.

“Oh,” she exhaled.

I thought everyone knew how the

to things like that, I’m sorry.” she

whispered

days after I was born.” I kissed

sorry, Aspen,”

It’s hard because I never knew her. But Ryley has always treated me like her son from

way about Channing? He’s an

adopted me. They also got married. It would be a perfect relationship if my father wasn’t so stubborn.” I told her.

must really love each other if they fell in love without knowing they were mates,” she