Chapter 40. Her Second Chance Mate

“I will not. I am her second chance mate, and she is my Luna.”

“No!” The Alpha King roared, “I forbid it! I will not consent to the match!”

Again the room erupted into protests, only this time, far louder. Who was he to deny the fate given by the Moon Goddess? Did he think himself above their goddess? He didn’t have the authority to make that decision!

“It’s too late for that, father,” Ann spoke finally, suddenly tired of this back and forth between the two. “ I have accepted the match and we are marked and mated. Ironic that I have found more love and solace in the arms of my second chance mate than I ever did in the arms of my family-”

“Ann…” The Alpha King’s expression was a mixture of pain, grief, and guilt, all rolled into one.

As much as it tore her heart apart, the fact that he was so willing to give her mother’s heirlooms away to a child he had sired with his mistress, well, it was the last straw.

“I won’t neglect my duties as a member of