Chapter 9. Choices

Kayden

I muster up the best loving look I can as I look at Lexi. Everyone is still surprised that I had already found someone to pick as my mate. A chosen mate, and I picked Lexi because she is one of the best fighters I know—even better than my mate who rejected me.

Whispers spread out across the large room. I can catch a few with my werewolf hearing, but I can't keep up with everyone's words.

The most I can hear is the members' surprise that I got rejected. No one knew about it. It was only recently when I told my pack members that I found my second chance mate and she rejected me. But the pack needed a Luna, so I picked Lexi, who seemed more than capable of handling the role.

“As some of you already know, I once found my second chance mate, and she didn't want me as her mate,” I briefly explain, hoping to clear the air a bit.

Some of the she-wolves just laugh and say the girl must be stupid. I couldn't agree more. I will make sure she suffers the sam