Chapter 2

Kari's POV

I thought I heard him wrong. I had to have heard him wrong. But then he said it again and I knew that he was dead serious about it. This wasn't a joke like I thought.

I clutched my chest. “No,” I muttered as I tried to hold back my tears. "No, Titan. Please!"

Titan didn’t stop. “You are no longer my mate,” he said. “I reject you and everything that comes with you.”

I shot up from my chair, staring at him like he was a stranger. My heart pounded so hard it hurt.

“Titan,” I whispered. “You can’t do this.”

The tears I had been holding back fell anyway. My hand clutched my chest as I looked around at the wolves. None of them spoke or challenged their Alpha. Were they all in on this?

“What did I do to you?” My voice cracked. “You can’t just wake up one day and decide to throw me away!” I shook my head. “Titan, please.”

He said nothing.

“For what?” I cried. “I left my home, my family and everything just to be with you. How can you do this to me?”

He dropped the microphone and walked towards me. When he walked toward me, I thought for a second that he might take everything he said back.

“You can go back to your parents, Kari.” His tone was flat. “I realized days ago that I’m in love with someone else.”

My stomach dropped. Days ago? Did he just say days ago? When? Before or after he had his hands on me? When did he stop loving me? When did he decide I wasn’t enough?

“I don’t believe you.”

He was close now. I could see it in his face that he wasn’t lying.

“It is what it is, Kari,” he smiled at me. “You’ll be fine, I'm sure.”

Then he turned away from me like I was nothing. The wolves around us were still silent, and I knew why. They didn’t like what was happening, but they weren’t about to question their Alpha.

“Who is she?” I asked quietly. There had to be another woman in the picture.

He didn’t answer right away. He let me suffer for a second. Then, with that same stupid smile, he spoke.

“Indira.”

What?!

There was only one Indira in this pack. This couldn’t be happening.

“No!” I screamed, trying to reach him. I was this close to walking to him when a guard grabbed me, yanking me back.

“You bastard!” I yelled, fighting against the guard.

I turned to Indira, only to see a similar smile on her face. She was in on this too!

She stood up walked past me without a glance and stopped beside Titan. I watched as she smiled at my mate. As he smiled back.

“Titan!” I screamed. "NO!"

He ignored me.

“This is my mate,” he announced. “Meet Indira, the new Luna.”

The wolves stood. “All hail the Luna!” They yelled at the top of their voice. I flinched as they cheered and watched as Indira hugged him. She hugged my mate!

Tears burned my eyes as I watched them together. She was supposed to be my friend. My best friend!

My breathing was fast and shaky, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t steady it.

“You can’t do this to me, Indira!” I screamed. “I was your friend!”

Indira only smiled, completely unfazed. “You called me a friend, Kari,” she replied. “But did I ever call you mine?”

Laughter spilled from her lips, loud enough for everyone to hear. “Titan is mine, not yours.”

I tried to get up from the ground, but then I heard my name. My head snapped up just in time to see Titan pressing a kiss to Indira’s hand.

“You should start packing,” he said, not sparing me a glance. “You’re no longer needed here.”

“You’ll pay for this,” I whispered. "I swear on the Moon Goddess, you'll pay!"

Titan chuckled, shaking his head. “We both know you can’t do anything to me, Kari. Last I checked, I was stronger than you in every way. So tell me another lie.”

“You’ll regret this!” I screamed, putting every ounce of pain into my voice.

Titan waved a hand. “Take her away,” he ordered. “I have a wedding to prepare for before the next full moon.”