The Mate He Took for Granted
When I was twenty, my alpha mate's brother died protecting him from a rogue attack.
To repay that debt, Adrian moved his widowed sister-in-law, Vanessa, into the pack estate. From that day on, everything I had—my home, my future, even my place beside my fated mate—came second to her.
Vanessa swallowed a handful of pills and claimed I'd driven her to suicide. Adrian slapped me in front of the pack guards, stripped me of my Luna privileges, and threw me out of our home.
"Get out. I don't need a vicious woman for a mate."
Later, to make Vanessa feel "useful," he gave her the research position he'd promised me.
This time, I didn't argue. I simply signed the waiver and let her have it.
Adrian tho