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.

head. "Your gran had settled down, married someone else, she had a family. I would not

your daughter".

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?

to when you had book

back and forth for

all starting to make

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

find him, reach out to him. There had to have been a

with it. The guilt he must feel, the guilt

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

you come back here?". I

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

have searched for her, fought for her. You could

was the one that kept your mom from him. I could have told him the truth; I could have tried harder to find him but-...". She paused as she glanced at George. "I was happy, I had a family, and I

It brought me back to Rylee's story, but they

as strong for your gran because they never mated. I'm not saying it would have been easy, but it would have been easier

was a different kind of love. We we're torn apart therefore we never got the chance to form our

did you find out about

me". She

freak out?". I

and old wife's tales about werewolves being real and sighted here in town. The first

been that cool about

but I didn't want them to

"Why Florida?". I asked.

pick this up tomorrow over coffee?". My gran suggested. "You