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

kill him." Harper's wolf started to rise to the surface, her protective instincts

a man but also a shifter, she became furious and rolled up her sleeves, her claws coming out

Taya stopped her. "Harper,

paused. "Who

opened her mouth to speak, then shut it, furrowing

clicked with

you reconciled with

seeing Griffon, Taya's skin was bruised and

I... I was with

was a little shocked. She wouldn't have expected Taya to

her wolf was telling her that something was off with Taya's demeanor. She examined her best friend, 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

Taya's hand and asked nervously, "Who is he? Is he

hiding something from me?" Harper

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

decide to marry him,

This didn't seem right...