The Alpha's Other Woman by Vielle Nye (read a book .txt) 📗

"I was trying to find a way to tell you," Dane pleaded.

She sniffled, and I just sat there as if I were just a piece of furniture. I was pretty sure they had already both forgotten my presence. I wanted to sneak away, but Heidi was blocking the door and Dane was moving towards her beseechingly.

"Have you slept with her since I got here?" she whispered.

"No, of course not. Not since I found you, love!"

He was so insensitive. It wasn't like I needed my heart anyways, since I was apparently destined to be mateless.

She sniffled. "How can I trust you?"

"I just didn't want to hurt you, Heidi. I swear, she means nothing to me. She's just a she wolf I was with because I couldn't find you. I'd never look at her twice again."

Even my wolf had had enough, and I could feel her enraged pain boiling up inside of me. "Fuck you, Dane."

He looked surprised to see I was there, as if they hadn't been blocking the exit.

"You're a piece of shit, you know that?" I turned to Heidi. "I meant so little to him that he proposed to me the night before he found you. He was always so sweet to me, you know? I used to share his room, but he tossed me out the moment he got back. This is how he treats someone he claimed to love. You should know the sort of male your mate is so you don't get played, too."

Dane growled at me, and my wolf growled back. Heidi looked horrified and she glanced at Dane as if hoping he could somehow explain away his actions.

"And I'm going to be honest with you because he won't. You need to work harder to figure out the luna duties, because I can't take being here to teach you much longer. It shouldn’t be my responsibility anymore."

Dane's head swivelled towards me. "It's your responsibility if I say it's your responsibility."

My wolf was trying to bust out of my skin, how dare he disrespect me so? I held her inside, but my temper still slipped. "Fine! It's my responsibility!" I focused on the young wolf beside me. "Fine! I challenge you, Heidi, for the title of Luna to the Greenwoods pack!"

As soon as the words had been loosed, I regretted everything, but once issued, they could not be unsaid. We all stood in silence for a long moment before I rushed to the door and Heidi leapt out of my way.