The Alpha Chose Me by Missy Elliottxo

"But you're his mate". I frowned.

"I am". She smiled her hand reaching for his. "But things were very different back then and we simply couldn't be together because there were rules".

"But you had mom". I spoke.

"We met in secret". She grinned as if remembering the time, they spent together. "It was very difficult for us to stay apart so we had secret meetings, secret hideouts. We made it work for a period of time".

I swallowed the lump that appeared in the back of my throat. I couldn't imagine what they both had to go through.

"What happened after that?".

"His parent's found out and I never saw him again until I was walking in the park with your mom

in the push chair and your grampa. I was pregnant with your aunt Claire at the time".

"So, he never knew you were pregnant?". I asked.

She shook her head. "I didn't find out until a few weeks after he left. I had no way to contact him,

I didn't know where they were. It was a very tough time for me".

"What happened when you saw him?". I asked.

"Nothing". She gave me a small smile, a sad smile. "It had been years; we both had moved on,

and he was only in town for an engagement".

Moved on? How can you move on from your mate?

"So, you never knew about my mom?". I asked.

settled down, married someone else,

was your daughter". I

wished I had done things differently, but I have to live with the choices I made, we made.

received a private message on Facebook. We reconnected and the rest

My gran has Facebook?

that where you were sneaking off to when you had book club?". I

the garden centre". She smiled. "We talked back and forth for months and finally decided to meet for

all starting to

time my dad and aunt Claire sat quiet. Both engaged in their story just like

him, reach out to him. There had to have been a way. He never met his

coped with it. The guilt he must feel, the guilt he has been living with and still has probably to this

did he take the news on finding out he had a child, and that child died? I couldn't blame my gran, and I never would. She still grieved

you come back here?".

my home, and I never wanted to leave all those years ago but as I explained it was a challenging time, and

for her, fought for her. You could have if

is George's fault and if you want to blame anyone then you blame me. I was the one that kept your mom from him. I could have told him

It brought me back to Rylee's story, but they at least had contact, seen each

human". My dad spoke. "The bond wouldn't have been as strong for your gran because they never mated. I'm not saying it would have been easy, but it would have been easier

your gramps, but it was a different kind of love.

did you find out

me". She

freak out?".

been rumours and old wife's tales about werewolves being real and sighted

been that cool about it

I didn't want them to stop. There was still more to be told, and I was here

"Why Florida?". I asked.

don't we pick this up tomorrow over coffee?". My gran suggested. "You