Lone Wolf: A Rejected Mates Wolf Shifter Romance (Reach for the Moon Book 1) by Sam Hall

Author:Sam Hall [Hall, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

Something was up.

Mason stood at the left arm of my chair now, a boundary between me and the contenders. Some didn’t like that at all, their spines curving, their fangs flashing as they fought to keep control of their beasts. Some mangled their speeches, one even just using the opportunity to shout his claim to me to the crowd. Silver eyes were the default.

But why?

I leaned back hard against my chair, tucking my legs up under me, remembering that run through the forest, the male wolves at my heels.

I needed to know what was going on.

Then I called Aidan up to deliver his speech.

He got to his feet with a shit-eating grin that had Mason growling before he even reached the stage. Like Riley, he leapt up onto it with a fluid grace, moving to the front of my chair rather than the side, trying to circumvent Mason, who wasn’t having that.

“Step back, Aidan.”

Where the other guys had postured, Aidan smiled, a glorious golden thing that made doing anything but what he wanted seem patently absurd. He looked to the crowd as if to say ‘can you believe this guy?’

“Thanks for letting me speak, Paige,” he said, ignoring my beta and turning to face the hall, all that cocky arrogance washing away. “I just want to say what a privilege it is to be given a platform to talk to you all. This hasn’t been the way we’ve done things before. Look, I know some of you are a little underwhelmed by the fate of the town leadership being placed in the hands of one girl. Where else in Australia does an eighteen-year-old have this much power, amirite? But we’ve all seen Paige develop from this beautiful girl to the accomplished woman before you. She’s had to deal with some tough stuff, the problems with the succession are obviously not hers, and I think this is a real opportunity for Lupindorf.”

I’d been watching the crowd during the speeches and saw people turning off. Arms crossed, expressions tight, or just frankly losing interest, eyes dropping down to phones, but he turned that around. He wasn’t dressed in a suit, making him look like he was putting on airs, but had a relaxed kind of confidence that seemed to put people at ease.

The confidence of a leader.

Mason seemed to sense the threat, shifting closer and closer until he was almost standing over me, as if even laying eyes on the man was too much.

“Mason,” I hissed. He shot me a quick look, but his focus went right back to Aidan. “Beta,” I said, quietly but firmly, dominance leaking into my voice, “step back.”

Mason wasn’t my mate, and I couldn’t be seen hiding behind his skirts, no matter what he wished. He was here to make sure things ran smoothly, not to push out those he didn’t like.

Aidan turned around at that, almost shyly surprised by my words, his face lighting up when he saw Mason obey my command. He paused, his smile faltering until I saw something much more honest rise.

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