Rejected, And Became A Heiress

Chapter 0002

ALaric.

"It should have been Cara!"

After propose, my wolf's voice was cold and firm in my head.

"I told you, Grey,"

I sighed, speaking with my wolf internally, "This is my choice, not yours."

"And it was also your choice to have sex with Cara just last month! She was good enough for you then!" Grey insisted.

"You know good and well the mate bond is hard to resist. But having sex with her doesn't mean I love her. And it certainly doesn't mean she's fit to be the pack's true Luna," We'd been over this so many times since I had decided to propose to Lilia that it was grating my nerves.

He growled at me, clearly upset. But he would just have to get over it.

"Alpha King! Congratulations! And such a fine and beautiful she-wolf to be the pack's Luna!"

The pack elders were patting me on the back, beside themselves with pride that I had selected a noble-born from a neighboring pack to join Pack DarkWood's Alpha family. "Thank you for such kind words. I'm sure my brother, the Alpha King of Pack BloodyMoon, will be excited to hear that we intend to try for pups right away,"

Lilia's voice was demure and sweet as she stroked her belly lovingly.

"What excellent news! An heir right away!" The elders were overjoyed.

They'd been plaguing me with questions about when I'd produce an heir. Every pack meeting for three years had ended with a reminder from the elders that time was ticking to settle down, marry, and establish the new Alpha family. It was for the stability of the pack, they had insisted.

I used to think that it'd be Cara at my side. Smart, strong, incredibly sexy... Cara is everything I wanted in a Luna.

I never cared that she was low-born, she was an incredible worker and always put the pack above herself. Or so I thought.

I'll never forget the day that changed it all. The day I learned what she REALLY cares about.

I remember Cara's plea to my father the day before I took over as Alpha King.

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"But that's not enough,"

door was wide open, and as Alpha King-to-be, I figured I probably had

take the Agent Luna position temporarily for the time

money! Please, just

*

unable to bear any more of her

up the pack's financial records and saw the frequent, large transfers into Cara's bank account, anger coursed through my

had said in her own words that even those substantial sums were

raised as a pack adoptee,

me so deep that I vowed then and there that I would

And every time pay day comes, she's all too happy to receive a

been a perfect angel. Sometimes when I'm around Cara her scent envelopes me, and my instincts, my wolf, just take over. The sex has been amazing.

as I'd expect for

her!" my wolf,

let anyone, not even my Fate Mate, take advantage

pack above all else. Especially from those who would pretend to care about

the pack needs, no matter what my wolf wants. Lilia understands what it's like to run a pack, having grown up in

And she's got that unmistakable dark

Cara, and I knew her gentleness would stave off any awkwardness between the two she-wolves. Obviously, it wouldn't be the most comfortable interaction, but Lilia offered to

while, I went searching. I found Cara, crying alone. The sight of her tears did something odd to me inside, like my heart

did my best to comfort her, but she threw the bank cards at me and ran off. I've never seen her like this before. In fact, she's usually the most steady and reliable she-wolf I

have made her so

Fate Mate!" My wolf's voice was insistent in

a minute... maybe Grey wasn't the

all about? Did I

Cara actually love

Cara.

leave, I passed several rooms of waitstaff cleaning up. I couldn't help but

'Agent Luna' thing for YEARS now.

be the best Beta the pack's ever had. But... it's got

Everyone knows the elders want a purely