LOGINI’d been Albert’s Luna for ten years. Everyone said we were the perfect fated pair. That day, he held me close and said softly, “Grace, I’ve planned a seven-day trip for you down south. You need to relax.” I found it strange. Albert was fiercely possessive; I’d never been away from him for more than three days. It wasn't until I overheard our pup, Leo, asking him, “Dad, are you and Auntie Maria going to be mates? What about Mom?” Maria. Albert’s childhood sweetheart. Albert just chuckled. “It’s just for show. Auntie Maria lost her mate. As her Alpha, I have a duty to look after her.” Then his voice dropped. “Be a good boy, Leo, and keep this a secret. Don’t tell your mom, and I’ll buy you that toy you wanted.” I heard everything, but I didn’t confront him. Instead, I called my former mentor, the Director of the Institute for Ancient Lycan Bloodlines. “About your earlier offer… I’m accepting it. I’ll be at the Southern Pack in three days.” Then, I sent a message to the pack’s Head Elder: “I'm formally rejecting our mate bond.”
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"We could stay at a hotel or something, are you sure you want us to go to my house? My dad and mom can be really something", Tina says trying to convince her best friend that we should not spend their summer with her parents'.
"Oh come on, don't you miss home Tina? Plus don't you know that there is no place like home? In less than two months, we will be back to traveling about different countries for different shoots. I think we should relax at home instead of a hotel", I tell my super model bestie.
We have not been home for six years since graduation, when we were whisked away by the modeling agencies that thought we had the perfect bodies for their agencies.
From agencies to agencies, we had made our fortune as we traveled from countries and made our names on the billboard.
"I know, I'm just really bothered that we might disturb mom and dad's honeymoon. You know how PDA is their watch word", she says and we both chuckle.
"Oh come on, I'm sure that they have missed you more or aren't you insisting that we stay in a hotel because of Elijah?", I ask and she blushes on the spot.
"I knew it." Elijah is the boyfriend she met online two weeks ago, but she claims that it's 'love at first text'
"Oh come on, it's not that, I'm just really curious to know what he looks like in real life", she says as we reach the front door.
"Yeah yeah whatever. Don't worry you can meet him whenever, I'll cover for you."
"Really, bestie?"
"Yes really", I tell her with a smile as she jumps and hugs me.
Typical Tina, she could hug a frog if she was happy about something.
She then proceeds to ring the doorbell.
"Dad should be home since mom will be at work by now", Tina mutters as she rings the doorbell again.
"Why isn't he answering, ugh!" She groans as she restlessly presses the doorbell.
"Come on Tina, he's probably getting things sorted out, let's wait a bit." I try to appease the angel.
"What do you mean by come on? Daddy is so insensitive towards me, only ever keeps his eyes on his wife with so much love. How could a marriage still be so strong with my parents in love like this?
If only you knew, Tina, if only.
But she would never know of course.
Her parents will keep their perfect image in front of her while her mom will continue to f*ck her boss and get promoted while traveling around the world with him.
And Tina's dad will remain patient and hurt and lonely.
I bet she doesn't even let him touch her anymore.
I wonder how he's coping. Knowing Mr Martinez and his faithful personality, he would never have sex with someone else because he solely believes in his marriage vows.
I knew this ever since I found out six years ago that Tina's mom was actually cheating on him.
And it is one of the numerous reasons why I fell in love with him and couldn't get him off my mind.
"I'm sorry sweetie, I was distracted. Your mom isn't around, didn't you know?, he says in his rich baritone voice totally distracting me as he opens the door.
They continue their conversation as he explains that Mrs Martinez is on a business trip and won't be back for another two months, but I am far too lost zoning out on his voice.
The same voice that had me drooling and made me feel every other guy's voice as low grade.
I gulp as I motion my head up lest I'm caught drooling.
"Good afternoon, Mr Martinez", I greet, but choke at the end of my sentence when I notice the sight in front of me.
I fight everything not to stare blankly and let my mind do the rest of the action, but it doesn't work.
"Dad! You barely have anything one. Were you taking a bubble bath again? You aren't a child!" She says as she sidesteps her father and walks into the house.
Mr Martinez groans, taking me out of my daze even with my eyes still fixed on his chest.
Well toned and perfectly muscular.
The abs look like they were carved to imitate the Greek gods and not to talk of the water running down like streams through them and hitting his damp towel.
He groans and I look up to where his breasts are.
His nipples look hard and extremely turned on in a way that has me wet and hoping he'd notice my deep v neck body hug gown.
And he does because I feel his gaze on it.
And my girl instincts are never wrong on these things.
He groans making me realise that I was crossing a line and breaching some morale code.
"I'm not giving you a hug. Next time, you prepare to greet me instead of taking a bath", Tina whines and I hear her plop on the couch with a sigh.
The flight was quite exhausting, plus she made us go shopping for couple's items for her 'lovestruck' parents.
"I'm sorry sweetie, it was just so hot I had to take a bath", he says.
"In the summer? Come on dad, you probably just didn't want me at home!" She says with a sigh and takes out her phone.
I see that through my side view as my gaze is trailing down and following a big water droplet that fell from his beards.
The way his Adams apple bobbed as he spoke accelerated the drop making it fall faster through his chest.
It teases his nipples before continuing down to the very middle part of his abs.
"Stella, how was the flight?", I hear him say, but it comes from a distance, almost like an echo that will take a light year to reach me as his real voice.
"The water droplet continues and sways in the hollow of his belly button before collecting with more water and dropping with one strong fall on his towel.
I notice it soak the folded part of his towel, one that is quite small for his size in a way that makes me wish it'll come lose.
But of course, it doesn't
However my eyes continue down and I realise that Tina must have made a mistake somehwere.
Because in his midthigh Is some whitish substance.
On his head was foam bubbles, but I could never mistake this for foam bubbles. I have watched enough videos to please myself to be able to tell the difference.
Realization hits me hard and I gasp in the same time I notice a stir in his crotch area.
"Ahh", Tina squeals, causing us both to turn our heads in her direction.
"Come here Stella, what are you still doing with my snub of a dad?"
Checking him out?
"And dad", she continues, "go put on something, your old body is only meant for mom, it's grossing me out." She says and I steal another glance at her dad's body as I make my way towards her.
If only she knew how badly turned on I am by her father, she would definitely take back her words and eat them.
"What's up Tina?" I sit beside her after dragging my box to the side of the couch. Her dad goes towards his room as well and I fight to stay in control of my morals.
"It's Elija", she says screaming out her boyfriend's name.
"Yes and what about him?" I ask, trying to sound as interested as I can be.
Because I know she could rant for the next two hours talking about how in love they are and how she can't wait to be with him.
"So he invited me out for clubbing tonight and you're coming with me!" She ends her story in a deadpanned way that makes me know that I will be playing the role of a lonely and uninterested third wheel again, while she'll stuff me with PDA while telling me to gets boyfriend.
Even though she remembers what my boyfriend from 7 years ago did to me.
"I don't have a dress tho, I wanted to travel light since this is just going to be for two month", I tell her then I notice how much it coincides with Mrs Martinez' absence.
Is this heaven's way of telling me that they support my planned act of seduction?
I find myself blushing as we look through her wardrobe and suitcase for something I can wear.
"You look excited for this outing, that's weird. You must be finally ready to get laid tonight", she says, but unlike every other time, I don't argue with her or tell her then I want to keep myself.
I just smile and reserve my comment.
Of course, I plan on getting laid but with your dad!
That night, Albert got a call from Sophie.He frowned, his first instinct to hang up, but the thought that she was just a cub made him answer.“Daddy… I’m hurt. Can you come be with me?”Her voice was so pathetic that Albert’s heart softened. Whatever her mother had done, Sophie was just a child.But when he pushed open the door to their room, he found Sophie looking perfectly fine, her cheeks rosy.“Daddy, you’re finally here!” she chirped, throwing herself into his arms.Albert’s expression hardened instantly. “I thought you were hurt.”Sophie faltered, then held up her hand, blinking her eyes with feigned innocence. “Just a little. It’s not serious, but it hurts so much…”“Enough.”Albert pushed her away. “I am not your father. Stop wasting my time with these games. My only son is Leo.”Sophie, shocked by his coldness, burst into tears.Maria emerged from the other room, rushing to scoop Sophie into her arms. “Albert, how can you treat her like this? She just wanted your attention!”
“And that’s not all. He favors Maria’s daughter, Sophie. At the ceremony, Leo did nothing wrong, yet he was publicly humiliated and forced to apologize.”“Albert even missed his own son’s birthday to be with Maria and Sophie.”“Do you really think I have any reason to go back?”The old Alpha was silent on the other end for what felt like a full minute.Finally, he let out a long, heavy sigh, his voice tinged with exhaustion.“You’re right. Albert was wrong—terribly wrong,” he said. “But Grace, the pack cannot be without its Luna. I shouldn’t interfere in your personal matters, but for the good of the pack, I have to try to keep things stable for him.”Grace let out a soft, humorless laugh.“Then by all means, you help him,” she said. “But let me be clear. I’ve joined the Ancient Wolfblood Institute, and my project is on the verge of a major breakthrough. I have no more time to waste on a man who isn’t worth it.”With that, Grace hung up.At the same time, Albert received a call from hi
Maria’s words—“She doesn’t love you”—struck the rawest nerve in Albert’s heart.The next second, he slapped her. The sharp crack of it echoed through the cavernous living room.Maria’s head snapped to the side, a bright red handprint already blooming on her cheek. She clutched her face, her eyes wide with disbelief.“Albert! How could you do this to me?”“Have you forgotten what you used to tell me?” she shouted, taking a step forward, as if tearing away the last veil of decency between them.“You said, ‘I’ll take care of you for the rest of my life.’”“You said, ‘I worry about you and Sophie every single day.’”“And you said, ‘Being with you is more relaxing than being with Grace.’”Albert’s face darkened instantly, a storm of fury and guilt in his eyes.“Shut up! You shut your mouth! I never said those things!”“This is all your fault for coming back! You seduced me! You took advantage of me!”“Took advantage?” Maria burst out laughing, bending over as if she couldn’t stand. “It take
Albert staggered back, crashing to the floor.His fingers trembled as he flipped open the agreement. The contents were brief:Article 1: Grace invokes the right of unilateral rejection due to the betrayal of her mate, Albert. The dissolution is mandatory and effective immediately.Article 2: Their son, Leo, has chosen to remain with his mother, Grace.Below the second article was a line of small, handwritten text in Grace’s script.“Blessings to you and Maria. Now you can have a real mating ceremony with her.”Albert stared at the words, his vision blackening at the edges.She knew. She knew everything.And he, like a fool, had thought she was just throwing a tantrum.He thought that, like countless times before, she would eventually fall silent and forgive him.The moments he’d deliberately ignored now replayed in his mind with painful clarity.The night he came home drunk, Grace hadn't tended to him gently. She had been cold, distant, sending him to the guest room.At the pack assemb
Albert’s call came while I was at the Southern Pack’s house, helping Leo unwrap his last present.A giant birthday cake sat on the dining table. It was piled high with layers of cream, a small, carved wooden wolf perched on top next to his favorite star-shaped candles.Leo had just made his wish. Hi
The moment I said, “I agree,” Albert visibly relaxed.After the meeting, I turned to leave. He caught me in the hall, wrapping his arms around me from behind.In the past, I would have melted into his embrace, felt a bittersweet ache for this rare display of affection, and found another excuse to fo
The front door opened in the dead of night. I was sitting in the living room.I looked up to see Albert leaning against the doorframe, his eyes glazed over.He was so drunk he could barely stand, and he needed someone to hold him up.And that someone was Maria.One of her hands was wrapped tightly a
“Be a good boy, Leo, and keep this a secret,” his voice was a low whisper. “I’ll buy you that toy you wanted.”Leo hesitated for a second before nodding.I fought back the tears stinging my eyes and went downstairs to pull myself together.Just as I’d composed myself, I ran into Albert coming down t


















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