Queen

*Cali POV*

I leave the Ruber pack palace emotionally exhausted. I walk into Marcus’ study with my head spinning. A part of me refuses to believe it, but I doubt that Phoebe would lie about something like this.

“Leroy tells you everything. Is it true that I am his mate?” I ask the moment my eyes meet Marcus’.

He sighs before getting up and embracing me.

His actions are a confirmation of what Phoebe told me, but it can’t be.

I frantically shake my head. “No. It just can’t be.”

“I told you before that you two have a connection I cannot understand. It was like that way before Phoebe and before your wolf. I know that it’s hard for both of you, but it now makes complete sense,” Marcus says and I can’t refute his statement.

I hate Leroy, yet something changes when our eyes meet. It is out my control, always has been.

“He has a mate and will have others. He does not feel anything towards whoever will be his mate after Phoebe. Why the hell am I feeling this?”

Marcus shakes his head. “I d