The Prince’s Unwilling mate by Mutya

045 Ayla Luckily Griffin didn’t seem to notice something was off as we were calling. | planned to keep ignoring David but during the week he kept textingmore and more frequently. At first. | figured that if | just ignored him. Not even giving him the gratification ofblocking him. Showing what he did was bothering he would stop his little games soon enough. He never stopped so | decided to send him one reply and then block him. The only thing he accomplished was that | started to hate him even more. | wanted my reply to hurt him without coming across as a scorned ex-girlfriend. It tooka second to cup with something, but when | did | smiled as | wrote the text.

“No, | do not regret anything. you rejected| was foolish and young and thought | was heartbroken. When in fact you savedfrom a life of mediocrity. | would have been arm candy to the mediocre Alpha of a barren mediocre pack after your father burned the pack to the ground with his awful leadership. Now | get to live with a real man, one that can givethe world in all the ways you could never. Ill be the Luna of a thriving pack and your queen so the only thing I have left to say is thank you, David, for realizing you were never good enough for me.” With that I blocked him.

| was not looking forward to telling Griffin about it all but | knew | had to. We would never make it if we weren't honest with each other. | knew | did nothing wrong, even if | wondered what made David change his mind like this. That was never aboutgetting back with him. Griflin had been perfect, and we've been texting every day and we face timed 10 DONL 12.16 045 Ayla 288 Vouchers almost every night. It was amazing tothat he had such a busy schedule but still made the tto talk toso often. | have never felt as seen or heard as | had since meeting Griffin and it madefeel like | was on cloud nine.

“Ayla, there is a courier here for you” Sam my employer called out to 1. me.

| walked to the front desk thinking it was a parcel my parents sent me. Weird though that they chose to send it to my work and not just to my home. The courier who obviously was a wolf too gavea plain- looking brown parcel. His being a wolf confirmed the suspicion the parcel was from my parents. They even tipped the courier, so | wouldn't have to. Curious as | was. | ripped open the parcel right away. Inside wast a Tupperware box filled with Snickerdoodle cookies and an envelope, Even before I turned it around to see the royal seal | know who sent this to me. My cheeks hurt from smiling so much, and my smile only got brighter when | read the card.

“Darling. | miss you like crazy and | am happy | get to see you again tomorrow. Here are scookies to eat on your road trip. | made them. fresh at the crack of done and sent them with an express courier so | hope you get them in time.

Your Griff 1. ps. Please give your granddad a few, he was the one who toldhe won your grandmother over with her favorite cookies and suggesting22.00% 12:16 to do the same. So | will be forever grateful to him.” | asked Sam if | could go on my break a little early, and he smiled telling| could but it would costa cookie. He was kidding he was happily mated to and would always talk about the importance of putting your mate first, making sure to appreciate all the little things they do. Still. | had enough to share so | grabbed a few for him. He could have it now and take hto share with his mate and kids. Then | rushed to the breakroom to call Griffin he would usually textabout his day so | had a fairly good idea of what his schedule was like.

| was about to hang up when he finally picked up the phone sounding a bit of breath. | heard a she-wolf in the background. As | realized for the first tsince having met him | wasn’t worried about him having an impromptu meeting with a she-wolf.

“Hi. Darling is everything okay you never call when you are at work?” His concern hadsmiling again.

This man really was everything and more.

“Well I usually don’t go on my break early to enjoy sSnickerdoodle the best mate in the world sends me.

So | figured | should be a good. mate too and thank him” He let out a breathy chuckle, obviously relieved that | was okay. We chatted for a bit, but he was busy. | could hear people in the background, 4057% 12.17 heard a feminine giggle that was oddly familiar. Just not enough to actually put a nto the giggle. Which made sense | met a few of the she-wolves in his family last weekend. There is no way | would remember all of their voices, hell | don’t think | even know all of their names. When we ended the call | was just happy that | felt secure enough in what we had to not panic about the fact that my mate was talking to another she- wolf. After eating my lunch and scookies as dessert | just went about the rest of my work day. Near the end of my day. | got another text from Grillin.

“Sorry | had to end the call so abruptly Darling. I'm very busy unexpectedly I'll probably not be able to FaceTeither but | miss you like crazy. And | cannot wait to kiss you tomorrow” | chuckled when | realized | was a bit bummed about not being able to see Griff’s face tonight. When | was the one who was adamant about going slow. When | got hI told my Grandparents about the cookies.

And of course, Grandpa was more than happy to take some. Griff and him had exchanged numbers too. It made sense that they could contact each other if something was to happen to me. But the thing is while Griff had not responded to my last message he immediately sent my Grandpa a reply. Granted it was a short and sweet message but still it rubbedthe wrong way.

“Don’t worry about it Sweetheart, he probably just had his phone out. He will text you when he is free. The boy is smitten with you everyone can tell” Grandpa reassured me.

The rest of the night | did just that. Trying not to worry about the fact 56 60% 12.17 that Griffin didn’t textat all. | went as far as to send him a goodnight message when | was about to head to bed. When | cback to my room after my shower | had a notification. It was another text from Griffin but it was a weird one.

“You know | would never do anything to hurt you right, Darling” Why would he be worried about that just when we doing better than ever? “I know you wouldn't, but if you ever make a mistake please be honest. and tellokay?” This this answer was quick, but | couldn't decipher if his denial was about the fact he wouldn't make a mistake. Or that he wouldn't fess up to it. My initial response was to call him, and demand we FaceTimed.

That weird jealousy flaring up again. Pushing that down | didn’t answer the text and just tried to get ssleep. Which was hard as my mind kept drifting back to Griff and the weird conversation we had ever since | called him to thank him for the cookies. | tried to convince myself that. the sman who got up at the crack of dawn to surprisewould never cheat onon the sday. Or ever at all for that matter. Still, | woke up feeling tired and drained the next morning. By the t| was ready to drive there another day with a lot of silence had passed. | wouldn't run away anymore or assthe worst. So | just got in my car and drove there as promised, but the entire four hour's drive there was an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach.