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 having

someone

Kael standing at the river bank, smiling

terrified as he was a stranger, but for

down in the water, teaching me techniques

comfortable in his presence and had no idea he was the Alpha of the territory, as I had never seen him or any photos of him. So when he finally told me he was Alpha Kael of the Ironcrest

surprise didn't end

me to be his Luna. 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 back from his fianceé's betrayal, I would receive a mate and a pack in return. And that I would no longer have

what came to me that night, but I

for food anymore. Or maybe because I

was already holding my hand and introducing

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 I thought I already found my happily ever after, but then there were things that were

thought accepting 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

I seduced him. That I was part

anything to suppress these rumors. He said it would die on its own. I guess it did, but only when the Alpha was around. Because I was sure they still talked about me. I would always be

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