Chapter 15. No Luna

Alpha Jasper's POV

Another Lupercalia Full Moon without my mate.

Last year she wasn't here either and this year I'll miss her either. If it were up to me alone, I would be aboard the next plane to her right now. But with a reluctant wolf, that is definitely hard, we fight all day to make the right decision.

According to Jax, our mate should come back to us, not the other way around.

When she left, we lost face considerably. After I did everything to keep our relationship sound, it was the last I thought she would do to hurt me. Not that I had to put much effort into making her happy, I love Rain, she is my first and only lover. But she didn't trust me enough to share her grievance with me and left me without considering my feelings. That's harsh, I always thought our trust in each other was ironclad.

Some pack members reacted with relief over her departure, urging me to reject her as a mate and ban her from the pack. Officially, she is still my mate a