Married My Ex's Alpha Uncle by Aurora Starling

I grabbed my phone and checked it multiple times, expecting to hear from Elliot at least once. But he didn't bother reaching out to me and that hurt more than anything. I feel as if he cared so little for me and

now, he was stepping on me like I was nothing more than a small ant.

I pulled out my message thread with Rebecca and decided to send her a text.

Me: Date night was a bust.

Rebecca: Did he not like your dress?

Me: He loved the dress. But his girlfriend called, and he left.

Rebecca: Are you talking about Shirley? Did he ditch you for her?

Me: Apparently there was another attack and he got hurt. She's at the pack hospital."

Rebecca: Strange; I didn't hear anything about another attack.

I sighed and messaged her again.

That's the story she's going with. I don't know what to

don't fight anymore. Get some rest. We will catch up

my phone into

the time I got home, it was late. Erik said he was going to do a quick sweep of the perimeter before he turned in for the night. He also wanted to call Elliot and update him on some stuff. I didn't bother asking him to elaborate because right now, I didn't

into the kitchen to put my leftovers away. The kitchen was empty because most of the staff had gone home for the night. I was relieved about that because I wasn't in the mood to speak to anybody,

put my boxes on one of the shelves before retreating to the bathroom for a quick shower. The hot water helped burn

out of the bathroom. I chose to stay in the parlor and read a little before bed. I was too wound up to settle down and I was honestly a little worried about Elliot

now and I didn't think anybody else was in the palace. The gammas

it happened again, making me whip around in the

into the void of

answer, which made me even more nervous. If it was someone who worked here, they would have told me for sure who they were and what they were doing here. But this person was silent, and

ordered, proud that my voice came out

Another shadow.

you

it hurt. I whipped around again to face the intruder and my breath got caught in my throat. I was

was a

struggled against him, trying to get him to release me, but he pulled me into him,