| Victoria | I felt both relief and absolute shame when my father's Alpha command settled on Preston. He had such a look of dejection on his face. Did he really hate me so much? I mean, I had done everything to get that exact end. I'd chased him away all those years ago and then made sure no one else would want him. I'd always been told I'd have an alpha mate and Preston had omega parents. He shouldn't be my mate. I knew even as a child I wouldn't be able to take a chosen- although common, fated pairs were stronger for leading. Lunas and Alphas very rarely took a chosen mate. How could he be mine? Why would the moon goddess be so cruel? As cruel as I had been? I couldn't stop looking at him. His hair was shorter since I last saw him, his physique definitely beefed up. I'd always foun