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.

eat ended up being an adventure. I

sensed someone was watching

at the river bank, smiling as he watched

terrified as he was a stranger, but

knew, he was already down in the water, teaching me techniques on how to catch one. We did end up

had no idea he was the Alpha of the territory, as I had never seen him

surprise didn't

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

know what came to me that night, but I said

hunt for food anymore.

holding my hand and introducing

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

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

him. That

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

a Luna was not who they thought she was,