The Perfect Luna, the Broken Bond
Because my jealousy endangered his childhood sweetheart, my Alpha mate, Victor, took our son's advice. He sent me to the pack witch to have my memories erased.
A long winter later, he woke me with the antidote.
In the eyes of the pack, I became the perfect Luna.
I organized the pack's winter stores flawlessly. I cataloged every last berry and pound of meat without breaking a sweat. I could even smile while delivering a blanket to Clara, Victor's precious sweetheart.
But my Alpha and my pup, Rio, knew. I had changed.
I no longer remembered how to soothe him on full moon nights, combing through his fur as he writhed in pain.
When Rio fell in the snow and wailed, I calmly called for his nanny.
Even when Victor returned late from a hunt, I offered only a cool nod. I never once reached for him through our mind-link.
At first, he thought it was revenge. He didn't care.
Until the night of the blizzard, when he and Rio followed me to the abandoned church.
Through the thin wood of the confessional, they heard my whisper.
"Moon Goddess, what do I do when the memories are back but the love isn't?"
"The witch gave me back what happened, but when I look at my Alpha and my pup... they're strangers to me."
"I feel so tense and awkward just being in the same room. What am I supposed to do?"
Outside, the man and the boy just froze.
They finally understood. Some things, once broken, can never be fixed.