The Alpha's Regret After I Rejected His Mark
I was the fated mate of Ashton, Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack.
He marked me in front of the entire pack, and everyone honored me as his Luna.
For five years of marriage, he treated me like a treasure. Every night, he held me as I fell asleep and told me I was the one he would protect with his life.
He was so good to me, giving me endless respect and protection, that even when my stepsister Serena mocked me in private for being a wolfless nobody who couldn't shift, I never cared.
That illusion lasted until the night before the rogues launched their massive attack, when I overheard him say, "If I hadn't marked Lena, how could I have planted the blood sacrifice curse on her? And how else would t