Chapter 71 The Luna’s Ring

Henry’s POV

I knew Aubrey was pretending to sleep. Her lashes were trembling far too deliberately, her breathing just a little too even to be real–but I didn’t call her out

Watching her sulk and stew in her own frustration was, oddly, endearing. She looked like she was one breath away from baring her fangs and bolting, and if I pushed her any harder, she might actually do it.

I don’t know how I never realized how contradictory she is.

As for the mysterious Alpha–ranked mate who had suddenly appeared and just as suddenly vanished…. I suppose there was no bond between us after all. If she had shown up before I fell for Aubrey, perhaps we might have ended up together. But now…

I glanced down at the woman in my arms. My fingers absentmindedly brushed through her hair.

“Callen,” I called inward.

My wolf stirred instantly, growling low and restless. He knew what I was about to say.

“The next time we see her, I’m going to reject her.”

roared in protest, his claws raking through my consciousness. I summoned all my strength to suppress him, locking him down with

already made my

faker in my arms had actually fallen asleep. She was curled tightly against me, brows slightly furrowed, like someone who’d finally collapsed

“Alph…”


“Shh.”

and backed away. One

her into the bedroom myself, moving quietly, placing her gently on the bed. As an Alpha, I never thought I’d one day be this careful for an Omega–adjusting

fingers brushed across the furrow between her brows, then I walked to a hidden drawer and retrieved a single object: a wolf–fang ring. The Luna’s token. The same ring

it gently onto

beta steward contacted me with a report. I had already instructed him via mind link to look into what had happened

disturb her and

already had my suspicions at that dinner–the stepmother and stepsister

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