I Rejected the Bond After the 7th Failed Ritual

1.

My mating ceremony with Aiden Blackwood, the Alpha of the Black Moon Pack, has been cancelled seven times.

Seven times.

The first time, Chloe, the human girl under his guardianship, claimed the full moon gave her anxiety. So she didn't show up.

Normally, a human girl’s absence shouldn't affect a sacred pack ceremony at all.

But Chloe was different.

Her father, Marcus, was the pack’s former Beta. Eighteen years ago, he died saving Aiden’s parents.

Before he took his last breath, Marcus