When I Wasn't My Alpha Mate's Duty
After I finished the Luna training that every she-wolf dreamed, I went to my Alpha, Damien, with a request.
To break our mate bond.
"All this, just because I missed your ceremony to help my late brother's mate, Lilith, with the rogues in her territory?"
A smirk twisted his lips, his voice a low rasp.
I nodded, silent.
"I gave my brother my word before he died. I swore I would protect Lilith. I can't break that vow! Why can't you understand?" he whispered, sighing heavily.
"Stop being so childish! Why can't you be reasonable, like Lilith is?"
I pushed him away with a chilling calm.
Ten years. For ten years after our bond was confirmed, I gave up everything.
Every hobby, every dream… all to learn how to be his Luna.
Everyone in the pack thought I was helpless without him. That I couldn't even survive without his protection.
But this time, I was done.
He didn't know I'd already contacted the neutral packs in another land.
I was going somewhere his Alpha scent could never reach me.