Chapter 7

After that, the connection to Lilia was severed, but she too was restless. I couldn't have missed that.

Mate? You weren't serious? Where? Or rather who? That was the purest nightmare. I had been sold and this is where I was supposed to meet my mate. My situation got worse instead of better.

Hopefully, Lilia was wrong and our mate wasn't around. It would be torture if I saw it every day but belonged to another man.

Melody stayed with me in my room and helped me unpack. She said that was her job and she was very friendly. We got along pretty well, got to know each other, and had a lot of laughs.

Finally, the question came: "I don't want to offend you, Layla. But why did you agree to this?"

She mentioned earlier that Alpha Blackmoon didn't want a mate. This was common knowledge. The man made no secret of it.

I didn't even feel uncomfortable with the question, so I answered truthfully, "My father is an alpha from a smaller pack and there are some imbalances