All Chapters of My Mate Marked His Brother's Widow: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Early the next morning, Keane brought me a velvet box. Inside was a moonstone necklace."Talise, let me put it on you, okay?" he asked softly.I ran my fingers over it and felt the moonlight energy flowing through it.It was a piece meant only for the Luna.Back then, on the grass by the Moon Spring, he'd told me, his eyes red, "Only you are good enough to be my Moon Goddess, my fated mate."His voice had been full of conviction. "Talise, I swear, no matter what happens, you're my only one."My heart fluttered, and I let him put it on me.He fastened the clasp, wrapped his arms around my waist from behind, and looked into the mirror with me. "It suits you, sweetheart."In the mirror, Keane was looking at me with so much love, as if I were still the most precious thing he had.Maybe the Elder Council really is just putting too much pressure on him...Maybe I really am the only one in his heart...I took a deep breath, ready to tell him. "Keane, the institute has a project—"His phone ra

Keane rushed over and shoved me aside.My head hit the edge of a handrail, and pain sent a flash of white across my vision.He didn't spare me a single glance. He crouched to check on Elara.Elara was pale, choking on sobs as she clutched his arm. "Alpha... it hurts so much... the baby... my baby!"Keane scooped her up and glared down at me. "Talise! Do you have any idea what you've done?"A vein throbbed at his temple.I'd never seen that look on his face before, like I was a sinner who belonged in hell."I didn't touch her!" The words tore out of my throat, sharp and shrill. "I didn't!""I saw it with my own eyes." Keane's voice carried an authority only an Alpha could wield. "She's pregnant! You know exactly how important this pup is to the whole pack!"Nurses and patients had stopped in the hallway to stare.Someone pulled out a phone to record."Isn't that the Alpha?""Is that... Talise? How could she push Elara?""She must be scared of losing her spot. I always thought she seemed

Talise's POV:After a ten-hour flight, the plane landed on a small island in the Mediterranean.As I walked down the plane's steps, the warm, salty sea breeze swept away the heaviness that had been sitting on my chest.Bodie Nash, a colleague on the project team, came to pick me up."Welcome aboard, Talise." Bodie put my luggage in the trunk and started telling me how things worked at the project base."This is a maximum-security facility," he said, handing me a temporary pass. "Once your paperwork goes through, you can come and go as you like. But just so you know, the core area blocks all satellite signals. If you need to contact your family, you'll have to leave the base. You can call them now if you want."I paused and looked down at the phone I'd been clutching the whole time. Then I waved it off. "No need. I don't have any family to call."He didn't ask anything else. He just opened the car door for me.The car followed the road into the shielded zone. I leaned against the window

Talise's POV:Five years later.The London International Medical Research Conference.I was there as a special guest with Dylan's team.It was my first public appearance since leaving the research base.On the second day of the conference, I took the stage as project lead to present our team's latest work on nerve regeneration, the results projected on the big screen behind me.The audience was full of experts from dozens of countries. When I finished presenting the final data, the room broke into thunderous applause. In the audience, Dylan gave me a thumbs-up.I smiled, satisfied.After the session, in the lobby of my hotel, I ran into the last person I ever expected to see: Keane Blackwood.He'd changed a lot.He didn't stand as straight as he had five years ago. He'd trimmed his stubble, but the heaviness in his face made him look worn down.Once, when he walked through the pack, everyone lowered their heads and didn't dare look at him. Now, standing in a crowd, he was just a man a

Talise's POV:One morning a few months later, I happened to see news about the Blackwood pack.The report said mismanagement had driven the pack's businesses into bankruptcy and liquidation. The neighboring Dark Moon pack had absorbed its territory and property.Alpha Keane Blackwood had been missing for more than two weeks. After every search turned up nothing, he was declared dead.I stood frozen with my coffee cup in my hand.Then my office phone rang. A man who identified himself as Keane's lawyer told me Keane had made a will. He'd left me most of his cash and a property.I was stunned.After thinking it over, I accepted the assets and decided to donate them to a children's home.That night, winter's first snow fell on London and covered the whole city.As I walked out of the office building and rubbed my hands together for warmth, I remembered the first snow seven years ago. Keane had picked me up from work, blushing, and said he had a surprise for me.That day, by the Moon Sprin