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I hadn’t known. I put an arm around her shoulder, but she shifted away. Her eyes were unfocused, staring into the distance as she began to speak again. “We were in wolf form when we traveled back to Black Diamond. We must have ventured too far east, and you know how the Moonstone Pack is when another wolf enters their territory without permission.”I felt a surge of rage toward the pack that had tormented us for so long. “Yes, we’ve had more encounters with them than I care to count.”“My parents protected me so I could run away. I somehow made it back home. I waited for them to return, but they never did.”“I’m so sorry,” I told her. Her parents had been very kind, and I knew she loved them. I couldn’t imagine the pain of not having closure after the death of my own parents. Of course, she knew her parents were gone, but there’s a difference when you don’t get to see them again.My hand reached out to brush hers, but I pulled it back before making contact. She had already moved away

I intended to shower and change before going in search of him, but he was already waiting outside my suite door when I arrived. I hesitated at the top of the stairs, looking down the hallway at him. He hadn’t registered my appearance yet and was leaning against the doorframe with his hands on his knees. It looked like he was steeling himself for another round of verbal punches, but I intended to go easy on him this time. His head snapped up as he finally sensed my gaze on him.“Amirah! Thank the moon. Don’t you know how worried I’ve been?” His voice was a strange cross between anger and affection. “You were gone for so long, and I didn’t know whether to go after you or not. I wanted you to have space, but…” He held his hands up, showing his uncertainty in how to deal with the situation at hand. It seemed he had not gained much more experience dealing with women since I had seen him last.“I was about to come and find you,” I said, walking toward him, eager to get this conversation und

- JeremyI was glad that Amirah and I had discussed our relationship requirements before agreeing to move forward together. Having a baseline for how to act around each other had helped both of us immensely. As a consequence of that conversation, we had experienced four days of harmony.For the most part, anyway.I caught a few side-eyes from her when I made choices she didn’t agree with, but she and I stuck to the agreement we made. We made time to check in with each other each day to make sure we are still on track.To my delight and surprise, these discussions have been much more pleasant than our argument on our first date. I had expected that she might yell if I made more mistakes, but Amirah was kind, respectful, and intelligent no matter the circumstance. I could see what Alpha Caspian meant when he said she would make a great luna.The main issue we now had was how awkward we were acting around each other. It was like we had put on masks so that we could appear how everyone ex

- AmirahThe morning sun shone through the east window in my bedroom, waking me from the best sleep I had gotten in my entire life. I stretched and realized I was completely at peace here, even with the looming threat from the Moonstone Pack.Jeremy and I had taken some time to become accustomed to each other, but we were making progress. Yesterday was a huge breakthrough for us. We’d both finally recognized that the person we had once loved was gone. Each of us had been through too much to stay the same.Knowing we had both changed was allowing me to slowly heal from the hurt of the past and get to know Jeremy in the present. He had been very upfront about wanting a future with me. I wanted it to be true enough that I was beginning to trust him again. All I could hope for was that I was allowed to continue that healing process without any breaches in that trust. Seeing Alessia and Leonidas rekindle their relationship had helped as well.This afternoon and evening were going to be bus

- JeremyI loved her.It didn’t matter that it had only been a week since we reunited. It didn’t matter that she didn’t feel the same way. None of it mattered. The moment we exchanged our vows and became mates, all the doubts had been erased from my mind. The only thing left was Amirah.No one had prepared me for how the mate bond would feel, but I knew it was affecting me even more strongly than usual because of my alpha blood. It wasn’t just my duty to protect my pack and my luna. It was my honor.“You are the most beautiful thing I have ever seen,” I whispered to my luna as we arrived at the center of the dance floor.Holding her in my arms as we twirled around the stone courtyard surrounded by our packs was everything I would have dreamed of—if I had ever thought to dream of something like this, that is. I couldn’t believe I had been so focused on being a strong warrior and leader that I had allowed myself to live without this feeling for so long. I could have tried to find her y