Future Alpha Cleo Sharpe believes that she has it all: an amazing future, a devoted pack, and a handsome fiancé.  She is horrified to learn that her mate is the pack loner, not the man whose ring she wears. Zander Underwood is a man on a mission: he is determined to find his parents’ murder, even if it means breaking his own heart and abandoning his mate. As Cleo learns more about the dark forces that haunt the wolf packs, she will be forced to choose between the life she has al-ways imagined and the enticing pull of man as intoxicating as he is mysterious.  

The Alpha's Reluctant Mate is created by Katrina Guerin, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

The Alpha's Reluctant Mate

I finished exercising on the treadmill and got off the machine. Something was bothering me. 


Then I glanced over at the women who had talked about Zander. They continued to talk and didn’t even notice I had listened in on them.  There was no way I was letting them get away with talking about him like that. It was despicable. 


I felt an urge to stand up to these women, since he wasn’t there himself. We had finally gotten connected enough to be friends. Maybe we had been friends for a little bit, but I was fighting it.


I shared more with him than I had shared with anyone, even Ash. Something about Zander was more special than what I had with Ash. Our being mates might’ve given an advantage that Ash would never understand.


No way would I let these girls trash talk him and who he was as a person. He wasn’t the person they believed he was. I had to set the record straight or else I’d regret not sticking up for Zander.


Chapter 21: He's My Friend