Malena reached across the table to Lori to grasp one of her hands. She eyed Tessa for a moment in curiosity but began the story as Lori had requested. “You are technically my niece. You are the daughter of Alpha Drew, my stepbrother. A long time ago, my father was the Alpha of the Foothills pack. My mother was his Luna, and during a particularly nasty battle with a western pack, my mother died to protect my father. Generally, when a fated mate dies, it isn’t long after that the surviving mate dies, but being an Alpha, my father survived.” Seeing the questions in Lori’s eyes, she explained, “The heartbreak that occurs with losing a fated mate can actually drain the other mate’s will to live. He didn’t want to take another mate, but being an Alpha, he required a Luna, and I still needed guidance on what it meant to be a Luna. I was their only child, so I was taught what it meant to be Alpha AND Luna,” she paused with a sigh. Lori could see the sadness in her eyes as she remembered what
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