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

he forced himself on you, I swear to the goddess I'll kill him." 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

by someone who had every advantage over her not just because they were a man but also a shifter,

"Harper, it's not Beta

paused. "Who was

mouth to speak, then shut it, furrowing her

it clicked

you reconciled with

had been several times when, after seeing Griffon,

was with another man last

shocked. She wouldn't have expected Taya to be with someone other than

right, and 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

nervously, "Who is he? Is he a good man? Reliable?

hiding something from

unless she was prepared to start a fight by calling

"Don't worry. If I decide to marry him, I'll bring him

This didn't seem right...