After recovering and returning to our home, I found a thin layer of dust covering the furniture in the room. It seemed Alpha Joseph had been staying with Hallie and hadn’t been home for days.

I began taking stock of the things Alpha Joseph had given me during our time as mates. The more I counted, the colder my heart felt.

As an Alpha, Alpha Joseph had vast wealth and resources, yet in all our years together, he never gave me anything of significant value. The romantic gestures he did make were surprisingly inexpensive. For our anniversaries, he never even gave me a decent piece of jewelry, not even a...