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.

gran had settled down, married someone else, she had a family.

she was your daughter". I

He nodded. "And I'd wished I had done things differently, but I have to live with the choices I made, we made. I didn't know about your mom because I assumed

day I received a private message on Facebook. We reconnected and the

My gran has Facebook?

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

talked back and forth for months and finally

was all starting to make

time my dad and aunt Claire sat quiet. Both engaged in

How could my gran not find him, reach out to him. There had

guilt he must feel, the guilt he has been living with and still has probably to this day because he was none the

and that child died? I couldn't blame my gran, and I never would.

did you come back here?". I

but as I explained it was a challenging time, and I couldn't disobey my parent's. I came back here because I had

for

kept your mom from him. I could have told him the truth; I could have tried harder to find him but-...". She paused

you live all those years without your mate?". That's what I couldn't wrap my head around. It brought me back to Rylee's story, but

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

was the love of my life. Yes, I loved your gramps, but it was a different kind of love. We we're torn apart therefore we never

you find out

me". She

freak out?". I

head. "There's always been rumours and old wife's tales about werewolves being real and sighted here in town. The first thing I asked

that cool about it

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

"Why Florida?". I asked.

over coffee?". My