Paranormal Dating Agency: Ask for the Moon: A Fated Mates Novella (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Rochelle Paige

Author:Rochelle Paige [Paige, Rochelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-05-29T18:30:00+00:00

7

Seth

My wolf clawed at me, driven into a frenzy by the pain in my mate’s voice. He wanted to hunt down Jane’s alpha and rip him to pieces for tossing her out of her pack when she needed their protection and comfort the most. “What happened?” I growled, the words barely understandable with how animalistic I sounded.

“The shock from the murder-suicide, with three dead, rippled through the pack. Everyone was grieving—” She paused, as though unsure what to say next.

“Nobody more so than you.” I helped her up to a sitting position and settled her more firmly on my lap. I needed her closer so I could offer solace. The comfort my body could offer was the only thing I could give her in the moment.

“And John’s father. I’d lost my parents, and he’d lost a son. I couldn’t blame him for his sadness. Or his anger.”

I didn’t like how her voice quivered at the end, and I had a sneaking suspicion where his anger was directed. If I was right, my wolf needed to add another target to his list. “You were the only completely innocent party in the whole mess.”

“He resented the fact that I was alive when his son was dead.” She shrugged helplessly. “He couldn’t admit to himself that John was at fault. That he was the one who’d made the decision to kill my parents and himself. That my only crime had been one that no shifter should be judged for—refusing to settle for anything less than their fated mate.”

“Waiting for me wasn’t a crime. It was a virtue.” I squeezed her tight against my body, chilled to the bone by the thought of what might have happened to her if she hadn’t held firm. If she’d mated herself to a crazy man. “And a damn blessing for me.”

She offered me a shaky smile. “That’s what I thought, too. I was only doing what my parents had taught me. How could that be wrong? But then the whispers started, fueled by John’s father’s grief over the loss of his son. He needed to blame someone, and I was an easy target. I was young, grieving for my parents, and didn’t have any other family. Nobody to protect me from him.”

“You should have had at least one person—your alpha. It was his job to look after you. To offer you his support and keep you safe.”

She continued as though she hadn’t heard me. “John’s father was clever about it. Quietly suggesting that I’d had problems with my parents. It wasn’t as if I could deny it, right? What young girl doesn’t get into arguments with her parents? It wasn’t ever anything serious. We always made up afterwards.”

“Of course you did,” I murmured soothingly. “They loved you.”

“They really did, and I loved them right back. I swear to you, I did.”

The way she looked up at me, as though she expected me not to believe her, broke my heart. “I know you loved them, baby. I can see it in your eyes.

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