Azriel smiled at me and caressed my thick coat " You're beautiful and it was an absolute privilege to be able to see you shift," he said. What colors am I mixed with? I wanted to ask but a growl is what left me. " You're an all-black wolf," he said as if he understood me. " You're taller than most alphas too," I was in shock, how could two betas birth an alpha child? All this was confusing for me. " Hey, go for a run and enjoy the woods. No one will trouble you here and when you come back, you'll find me right here," I nodded and turned on my paws, running through the vast forest. I kept running, hoping and wishing that what happened during the party was a lie, that my mate didn't mark another as his Luna. I prayed to the goddess that it was a f*****g lie but the pain in my che