Alpha Kellan took a slow breath and looked at the broken glasses. He sighed deeply and said to himself with pain and relief in his voice: "I don't need a partner,” he whispered, this mantra soothing the pain in his heart. “I do not need anybody.”

Alpha Kellan's thoughts drifted into the past, forgetting his father's downfall. “I can't let what happened to my father happen to me,” he whispered, his voice heavy with the weight of history repeating itself.

But before he could think any more about his fear, his wolf spoke to him. “Why did you our Mate?” his wolf asked, disappointment and confusion in his voice.

Alpha...