The Bet That Cost Him His Mate
My chosen mate, Alpha Wyatt, promised that we would finally have our bonding ceremony on the night of the full moon.
But every year, he would delay it over some ridiculous bet.
Every single time, he was so certain that I loved him enough to forgive him endlessly.
This year, he lost my Luna necklace to a female wolf named Harper for an entire year.
He wore the exact same playfully apologetic look on his face as the last few times. "I'm so sorry, babe. It was just a bet, but I'm an Alpha. I can't go back on my word."
"Don't worry. Next year on the full moon, I promise I'll give you an unforgettable bonding ceremony."
But this time, I calmly took off the mate-to-be ring he gave me and dropped it on the floor. "Don't bother. We're done."
He didn't know that I wasn't just some ordinary, orphaned Omega.
I am Valerie Sterling, the only daughter of the Alpha King.
To escape my father's arrangements and the fated mate the Moon Goddess chose for me, I hid my name and my bloodline, stubbornly searching for a chosen mate of my own.
For three years, I thought Wyatt was the one.
Today, I realized how wrong I was.
I gazed down at the text message from Leon, my father's Beta: "Lady Valerie, the Alpha King has reserved the last three days for the Heir Declaration. The private jet is on standby. He is waiting for you to come home."
I didn't hesitate anymore. "I'll be there in three days."