I couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that I was mated to the savage Alpha of the Bloodmoon pack. He rose to power by murdering his tyrannical father and older brother. Created a bloodbath out of the last pack that offended him. Now I had to live with the fact that the moon goddess chose him for me? She must really hate me.
Logan left me alone with my thoughts. He said I needed to rest and he’d come to talk to me again tomorrow. But I couldn’t sleep. I wondered what Logan would do to me. Would he reject me and treat me as a slave or prisoner in their pack?
But if he helped me… I might have a chance of getting my son back. If I play my cards right, I could even take back everything Marie and Enzo stole from me.
The next day, they brought me to Logan’s room as soon as night fell. Logan looked at me like a predator sizing up his prey.
“Now that you don’t look like you’ll pass out any moment, you should be able to make a decision.”
“A decision?”
“About accepting the mate bond.”
“Isn’t that a decision we should both make?”
“I’ve already decided what to do with you, Bianca. If you accept the bond, I’d let you be my luna… and if you don’t… let’s just say I’d rather have a dead mate than be rejected.”
My hands turned cold at the implication. I looked at him, searching his eyes for any sign that he wasn’t serious about what he said. But even though he looked amused, he wasn’t lying or playing around.
“So, you’re threatening me into accepting the bond?”
“I don’t have to threaten your life, Bianca. You’ll die out there if you don’t choose to be with me. And I have no intention of giving a banished luna shelter if she can’t make herself useful to me.”
He was right. He didn’t have to kill me, he could simply kick me out of his land and I’d be dead because I couldn’t shift. I clenched my fist at my sides. Accepting the mate bond… would tie my life to his. And the process of accepting meant I had to surrender myself to him… that we would start craving each other—needing each other.
I had never been with any man other than Logan. That should make this even more repulsive, but instead it made me want to do it. Because Logan shouldn’t be the only one who could sleep with someone else.
“You’re thinking about him.” Logan’s expression turned grim, he stared at me like he could read my mind… “Did you know that your puny Alpha has announced his wedding to his mate?”
“He did what?” It had only been a day since they threw me out… and they were already planning their wedding?
“I even received an invitation. They probably think I wouldn’t show up because I’d never gone to such events, but I’m actually curious about who he replaced you with. If you accept the bond, you can come as my luna.”
Logan stood behind me, the back of his hand tracing down my neck. “What’s it gonna be, Bianca? Do you want to end up in my bed tonight… or back in the dark woods?”
