All Chapters of The Alpha and the Rental Luna: Chapter 171 - Chapter 173

[Parris]Moving as quickly as possible, I keep an eye on the approaching horde.Wiping my brow, I look up to see that Hawthorne has made his way to the corner as well. He hadn’t even seen the threat, but somehow knew he needed to move quicker. It’s almost like we are any other mated pair, perfectly in sync.“Except that we aren’t mated,” Max reminds me sullenly. “He rejected us.”“Maybe that’ll change someday,” I try to cheer him up. “And he never said the words of rejection. Let’s not give up hope.”There’s a low ranking witch named Sorrel, who has been asking after me. She wants to date, but I’ve been waiting for Sparks like a fool. She isn’t our mate, but I’m witch enough that we’d probably zing. For all I know, she only wants to hang out because she’s never been with a wolf and sees me as a safe in between. It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve been used more as a curiosity than a possible partner. Sure, it’s degrading, but it’s better than being alone.I am so tired of being alone.W

[Parris] I had fallen asleep in my mate’s arms, nestled into his neck as he lifted me from the ground and his strong legs had carried me all the way back to the northern entrance. Or at least, that’s my best guess. Based on the shifting sunlight slowly dipping towards the horizon, that was hours ago. He’s gone now, I can tell, not just because his warmth has been replaced with cool sheets and his voice exchanged for the sound of a machine beeping, but because I cannot smell him anymore. Scent is important to wolves, even a mixed mutt wolf like me. A chair next to me creaks, and I turn my head slowly to see my father at my bedside. He is bent in half, his elbows dug into his knees as he holds his hands before him in prayer to the goddess, the words of an ancient incantation mumbled on his lips. Before meeting my mother, Harlem Abernathy had promised his life to the Moon Goddess, living as a monk at the Temple of the Sacred Moon on the East Coast. But then one day, as he was collect