No Mark, No Mercy

My name is Aveline. I was recognized by everyone in the Dusktide Pack as their future Luna, yet for three whole years, Alpha Darian never gave me his mate mark.​ He claimed that my inner wolf had been severely damaged by silver poisoning, and my older sister, Celine, confirmed his words in her role as the pack healer.​ It wasn’t until the night of the Blood Moon that I discovered Darian had secretly marked Celine long ago. He had even allowed her to use wolfsbane to suppress my scent, my inner wolf, and my fertility.​ After losing my second pup, I stopped begging. I quit the medicine, gathered evidence, and reclaimed the coastal warriors my father had left behind. Then, while Darian accompanied Celine to the Full Moon Celebration, I disappeared completely.​ Without a mate bond connecting us, he had no way to find me.​ Three months later, I appeared at Celine’s Luna ceremony and exposed all the evidence, forcing them to tear apart each other’s lies.​ Celine was stripped of her healer status and banished from the pack. Darian fell to his knees and begged me to take him back.​ I only told him, “I didn’t leave because I was waiting for you to choose me again. I left because I finally chose myself.”