Alpha King’s Wolfless Mate by Scarlett Higgins

Chapter 41

Nora POV

After the night we spent together, I didn’t think I could resist Blake anymore. I was starting to really like him, but did I love him?

Keeping my head down as I walked through the castle, I was stuck in my own thoughts about what I was feeling for Blake. Sometimes, I thought that because I didn’t have my wolf, I couldn’t figure out what I was feeling.

I didn’t have her to help me sort through these things and identify what I was really feeling. It was like living half a life. I was missing my greatest friend and confidant. Clara always knew what I felt and thought, often before I did.

As I approached the front door, I heard some maids whispering about an upcoming Moon Dance. From the whispers, it sounded like it was going to be a big event. Another dance?

I remembered the last dance that Blake and I had been at. He’d danced all night with me, and it had been so amazing

While Blake was in his office, I headed to the gardens. Before my wolf had been stolen, I always loved being outside. Clara loved it too. We’d go out to the lake, spend time in the gardens, and walk through the forest.

I couldn’t feel her anymore, but sometimes, I felt like I could still be close to her by doing the things we enjoyed doing together.

While I walked through the garden, I started to wonder where Clara was now. Helen had stolen her from me but now, Helen had stolen someone else’s wolf. That’s how she had a new mate bond with someone other than Jeremy.

So where had Clara gone? Had she just disappeared? Was she so deep in hibernation that she couldn’t revert back to me when Helen stole a new wolf?

I wasn’t clear on all the dynamics of stealing someone’s wolf. Had Clara and Helen had the same bond and relationship that we’d had? Did Clara even know what had happened to her? Did she feel betrayed by me?

Those thoughts made my heart ache and tears pric k e d my eyes. I’d told Blake that I didn’t want her back, but I still missed her every single day.

Sighing, I wiped my tears away and steadied myself.

Blake’s insistence on helping me get her back had meant more to me than I wanted to admit. Was that his way of telling me how much he cared about me?

Running my fingers over the roses, I went through the garden to one of the fountains. It was a white marble fountain of two dolphins jumping out of the waves. Water spouted from the tips of their noses, spiraling down around them.

The way the water moved made it look like they were dancing. I looked up at the fountain and held my arms up like I was going to dance with someone. I started to practice my dancing steps, mimicking the dolphins.

I was still a little clumsy with my dance moves, but I kept practicing. I wanted to look my best at the upcoming dance. There was no way Blake was going to let me sit that one out.

I sat on a bench and watched the fountain when my feet were sore. Hopefully, the next time Blake and I danced together, I wouldn’t be so clumsy.

Blake and I had gotten a lot closer since I’d come back to his kingdom with him. He seemed to have true feelings for me, too. But did he love me?

Without Clara, I had no mate bond and I was free to love whoever I wanted. I didn’t love Jeremy anymore but he was still technically my mate.

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Would Blake find his mate at the dance?

My stomach charned uncomfortably

“Excuse me, ladies. Thank you for the information,” I said. I nodded to them and left them to their gossip and brunch preparations

I snagged a fresh sweet roll off a baking tray on my way out, munching on it as I headed through the castle corridors.

Already, several of the maids were setting up decorations for the Moon Dance festivities.

What if Blake’s mate came to the dance? Would he fall instantly in love with someone else? Would our contract go away?

I put my hands on my stomach. What about the child we might have created together?

I wasn’t sure my heart could handle it if I was cast aside by Blake the same way Jeremy had cast me aside. And if he found his mate, it could happen.

“Get a grip, Nora. Blake is your husband,” I muttered to myself, glancing at nearby maids and hoping they weren’t watching,

Blake and I were married. We had a legally binding contract. That would win out over a mate bond.

Besides, it had been years. He’d come to the Moon Dance before, hadn’t he? And he hadn’t found his mate.

Maybe he didn’t have one.

Then there was that curse his uncle had put on him. It could have destroyed his mate bond just like the magic Helen used broke mine and Jeremy’s.

My stomach rumbled uncomfortably and I started breathing heavily.

Clutching my chest, I leaned against the nearest wall.

I’d just gotten my life back and now it was being threatened again.

I could still see the look in Jeremy’s eyes when he turned away from me and looked at Helen with all the same love and affection

Tears sprang to my eyes when I thought of Blake turning away from me like that.

I wouldn’t let that happen again! Even if it meant ending our relationship for good.