Year

My very own version of hell. Though, three years away, studying had been truly amazing. Transforming myself int

uld never surface, thanks to the moon goddess pairing me with a mate so incapable of loving anyone other than himself, I decided that my focus would be my career. My education had always been something I took great pride in. I loved to lear

ompleted my degree, I would return home. Unless, of course, I had found my fated mate. But, I knew within my heart, that was never to happen. For, my fated mate sat at h

e of our pack warriors, currently on guard duty,

ed home, though in all fairness, those visits have been few and far between. My visits were only when they were required

." I explained, trying no

re. You changed your hair. And you aren't wearing your glasses. You look good."

d sleek down my back. My glasses I had worn for reading had been long gone. Having got my eyes fixed with laser eye surgery whi

u still need ID

nods at me in acknowledgment as the gate opens for me. "Maybe catc

ted mate to wait for any longer. And it wasn't like Miles was making a point of staying single. Every time I had returned home, he had had a different she-wolf on his arm. Parading

in from work by now. My brother and sister, I was unsure. They still both lived at home with my parents, but were back and forth to friends' homes and my brother was looking to move into the Beta suite in the packhouse soon enou

ny years stuck here. Miserable and unhappy, with no way out, now my fated mate had rejected me. Not that anyone other than Miles and I knew of that. No. He had decided he would be cons

cing when my Uncle, the current Alpha, and Miles's father, along with my parents were on the fence. Or, so he said. How true th

k. To allow me to be just me, not the daughter of the pack Beta. And I have thrived because of it. But, now, I had to return

s I heard my Mum's voice. "Bailey!" she greeted me from the porch

nly to see Miles leaving the house next door to ours. The

e before looking at my Mum. "Hi Aunt Bri

ost of the time she generally did. "Ah, I think it slipped my m

. "Hmmm. Truly wonderful." he said wi

otherwise, you understand?' Miles min

m Bai?" Mum tries. "He will be Al

ound. And yes, she will have to get used to me as her senior. Her Alpha." He says with a sneer, and at his words my stomach twists into knots. I don't think