The Forgotten Luna by Cassandra M

Chapter 01

ADESSA.

I should have known better that nothing good lasts forever. Especially for someone like me-a lowly, orphaned Omega.

The last year has been so perfect that I thought I had finally found my place in this world-right in the arms of my mate, Alpha Kael.

Fated mates are a rarity, and for a wolfless Omega like me, the chances are, I would never find my fated mate. Without a mate destined for me, I thought I was bound to walk this earth alone. Because I was sure no one would take a chance on me. But then I met Alpha Kael, and on that same day, he offered me a contract to be his Luna-to save his pride and his name from the betrayal of his fiancee, Desiree.

I had just turned eighteen and was legally allowed to marry while the Alpha was already twenty-seven years old. Everyone around him was pushing him to settle down.

He had already proposed to Desiree, but it turned out she had been cheating on him for a long time.

He caught her in bed with another man when she said she was out on a girl's night out.

I found the Alpha, or, more appropriately, the Alpha found me by the river on the same day he discovered his fiancee's infidelity. That day, I was trying to catch some fish in the stream. I left the orphanage a few months ago and was on my own.

I was given a small cabin somewhere in the forest by my boss in the small cafeteria that I worked for. It was shabby, but it kept me warm at night so I wouldn't be complaining, but then my salary wouldn't be available until the next week, so I decided to find food in nature. I had already picked up some wild fruits and was hoping to catch a fish I could grill.

task so I could eat ended up being an adventure. I found myself

someone was

standing at the river bank, smiling

as he was a stranger, but for

laughing. The next thing I knew, he was already down in the water, teaching me techniques

the territory, as I had never seen him or any photos of him. So when he finally told

surprise didn't end

I never imagined that someone like me could receive such an offer. Before I had the chance to decline or even hesitate, Kael assured me that if I helped him get his pride

what came to me that night,

anymore. Or maybe because I was

hand and introducing

came a week later. I wore a white lace gown, and Kael was dashing in his black suit. No one would have thought that it was all a contract because the ceremony and the afterparty were so intimate that it even made me believe the Alpha had feelings for me. The marriage with Kael was something out of a fairy tale, and

his offer to be his Luna would mean I would get a mate and a pack. But the last part didn't happen. His pack didn't know about Desiree's infidelity, and Kael wouldn't tell them. So, in the end, I was seen as the other woman. The girl

him. That

own. I guess it did, but only when the Alpha was around. Because I was sure

they wanted for a Luna was not who they thought she was, I couldn't. I promised Kael that what he told me about Desiree would be a