Goodbye My Alpha (Taya and Griffon)

"Taya, what's this..."

I looked to the side, into the mirror in the foyer.

Shit. I hadn't noticed that my neck was full of hickeys.

I quickly covered them with muy hand and lowered my head awkwardly.

"I..."

"Did Beta Starke force himself on you?"

***

She remembered how Beta Starke had looked at Taya as if he were looking at prey.

Yesterday, Harper had wanted to talk to Taya about what happened, about her worries regarding the Beta, but she was busy with the mating ceremony and caring for Damian's pack. She got sidetracked every time she thought about it.

Now that she saw Taya like this, especially after not being able to get ahold of her, she was even more suspicious that Beta Starke had done something to her best friend

Harper's wolf started to rise to the surface, her protective instincts for her sister making her start to see red, her vision changing and

advantage over her not just because they were a man but also a shifter, she became furious and rolled up her sleeves, her claws coming out and

"Harper, it's

paused. "Who was

speak, then shut it, furrowing her

clicked with

reconciled with

had been several times when, after seeing Griffon,

I was with another man

wouldn't have expected Taya to be with someone other

trying to figure out what she was missing, but when Taya's expression didn't change and Harper's wolf couldn't scent out a change in Taya's pheromones, Harper didn't have a choice but to believe what her friend

grabbed Taya's hand and asked nervously, "Who is he? Is he a good man? Reliable? Is

you hiding something from me?" Harper

feeling like something was wrong with Taya for a few weeks now, and it made her uneasy. Taya kept telling her everything was fine, and Harper couldn't get anything out of her, so unless she was prepared to start a fight by calling her best friend a liar, Harper didn't really have any other choice but to let it go and let Taya decide when she would share whatever was

I decide to marry him, I'll

This didn't seem right...