My Mate Cancelled Mating Ceremony, I Left
My mate Derek, Alpha of the SilverCrest Pack, secretly marked me two years ago. But he still hasn't held our mating ceremony to publicly announce my position.
I've been working as his "assistant," helping him manage pack affairs all this time.
Every time Derek cheats with his childhood sweetheart, Vivian, he promises to finally hold our mating ceremony.
Two years. Ten promised ceremonies. Ten broken promises.
The first time, he said Vivian's dog had died.
"I can't hold a celebration while she's grieving," he told me, his eyes not quite meeting mine. "It wouldn't be right."
The second time, Vivian had a stomach ache.
He left the ceremony venue minutes before it was supposed to start,
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