The End of My Waiting

My fiance, Fenrir, the Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack, had one rule. After ten at night, he would not answer calls or respond to anyone through mind-link. Even when we were deeply in love, he had never made an exception for me. When I was being followed by a rogue and desperately called for his help, all I got was an impatient reprimand. "Ellia, don't make up lies about being followed by a rogue just to get my attention." It wasn't until three days before our marking ceremony that I discovered Fenrir had been using mind-link with his childhood friend, Mia, every night after ten. It went on for an entire year without a single interruption. Mia had been attacked by a rogue when she was young, and she was still afraid of the dark to this day. Whenever she couldn't sleep, Fenrir would stay with her until she fell asleep. Whenever she was frightened, he would rush to protect her in the middle of the night. The entire pack had already assumed that Mia would be his future Luna. Meanwhile, I, his actual fiancee, would always come second to her. Fenrir simply thought I was being unreasonable. "You know what she's been through. I can't just leave her alone. But you're still the one I've chosen as my mate." I didn't argue. I simply canceled our marking ceremony, left Blood Moon Pack, and accepted a five-year assignment in Northern Pack. The night before I left, Mia was attacked by a rogue again. Fenrir didn't even look back before leaving me behind and rushing into the darkness to save her. That night, I left for good. It wasn't until the day of our marking ceremony that Fenrir learned I had withdrawn my mate application and transferred my pack affiliation to a pack in the northern territory. He finally panicked and chased after me all the way to the northern territory, begging me to give him another chance.