The Rider Alpha's Runaway Luna
It should have hurt more than it did, but Kyra had learned a long time ago that life wasn't fair and fated mates were just another cruel joke the universe played on wolves like her.
"Fine," she said. "But I want it in writing that you'll never try to find me after the year is up, that you'll let me go completely."
"Trust me," Ryker said, and his smile was more like a smirk. "Finding you again is the last thing I'll ever want to do."
PRESENT DAY
Kyra stood in the break room with Zara and Ryker and watched Kade color at the table, oblivious to the tension crackling between the adults.