Mellona
I used to think the Moon Goddess had given me three mates to choose from.
Cyrus Vance was sharp-tongued, but he was always the first to come running when I got hurt.
Draven Locke was quiet, but he would guard my door late into the night.
Knox Hollis was gentle. He once promised to stay by my side for the rest of his life.
They were the strongest warriors of the Frostmoon pack.
And I was the Alpha's only daughter.
From the day I was born, they protected and spoiled me as if I were their most precious treasure.
Then Nara came into our lives.
She had no family or allies, and she brought along a pup everyone shunned.
All she had to do was show up, and suddenly, I was invisible.
They said that aside from being the Alpha's daughter, I had nothing going for me. Nara, on the other hand, was strong and independent, and far more worth following.
Cyrus stopped watching over me. Instead, he started protecting Nara, even treating me coldly for the first time because of her.
Draven stopped coming to my door, too. To protect Nara and her pup, he volunteered for a near-suicidal mission in rogue territory.
And Knox was the one who changed the most.
He stopped answering when I called for him, and then, right to my face, he announced his decision.
"I'm going to mark Nara."
He said I had a father, a pack, and countless wolves to choose from.
He said I wouldn't really lose anything.
If that was how they felt, I would give them what they wanted.
The night before the marking ceremony Cyrus had planned for Nara, I went to my father's office.
"I'm willing to form a mating alliance with the Northern Snow Wolf Pack."