Twelve Years as a Secret Mate
I was Callum's secret mate for twelve years.
I managed his internal affairs, placated the elders, guarded the borders, fought off rogues, and handled every mess he didn't want to deal with.
But he never looked me in the eye in public. Even when I was pregnant and attacked by rogue wolves, he was having sex with the daughter of an Alpha from the neighboring wolf pack.
I didn't hesitate to sever my mate bond and leave. Five years later, I met him again at a Multi-Pack Council banquet.
He looked at my logo-free clothes, his eyes filled with arrogant disdain: "Sera, I'm marrying Vivienne next month. She's an Alpha's daughter; only she deserves to be Luna. But I can send you back to the wolf pack to be my mistress."
I scoffed: "Save it."
The next second, my daughter called: "Mommy! Mommy, when are you coming home? Maisie misses you!"
Hearing my daughter's voice, Callum regained his arrogant confidence: "Sera. That's my pup, isn't it? You still love me. Even after you left, you kept our baby."
I stared at him for a second. Then I slapped him across the face.
He didn't know that our child had been miscarried during the rogue wolf attack, and Maisie was my and Alpha King's pup.