Not Your Mate Anymore

All my life I have craved the love my father had for my mother. The way he looked at her, that look of total adoration. My mother was my father's world and I know he only stayed alive after my mothers passing to raise me. When a wolf loses their mate, they wither away and in time pass on to be with the Moon Goddess and their mate but my father stayed strong, a man of beta blood stayed strong to be a father to me that even pups with both parents as mates envied.My father loves me and not once did I ever question his love. He says I look just like my mother, i don't disagree. When I was 13 and just found my wolf, I met my mate. It is unheard of but my mate was older than me and at 16, you meet your mate. He met me, promised to wait for me until I was of age to complete the mating ritual. I believed him. When I was 15, The alpha at the time, his father, announced that my mate, Percy Woods of the Blue Woods Pack was to marry Ralyn Smit, my babysitter. It was announced that they would marry on Percy's birthday in 3months. My childhood babysitter. I was shattered, humiliated. I hated the looks of pity I got and Ralyn? she just wrote me a letter apologizing. Percy told me there was nothing he could do and it was for the good of the pack. How when my soul is hurting? I had to leave this pack. I had to leave before my mates wedding, I would leave and never come back!