Page 19 of True Luna: The Unknown Magic

“Thank Goddess for that fungus,” he said. “I don’t know what I would have done without it.”

“You would probably still be drooling after Emma,” I said, smirking.

His eyes widened. I chuckled.

“I never loved her,” he mumbled, and I could hear the fear in his voice. “I was in love with the idea of her.”

I smiled and caressed his cheek.

“I know,” I said.

“I didn’t think you knew,” he mumbled quietly.

I smirked and nodded.

“She is my best friend,” I said. “Of course I knew.”

Drake groaned and leaned his forehead against mine.

“Fuck,” he mumbled. “I never loved her, Amy. I never loved anyone the way I love you. I never wanted her the way I wanted you. She was just an idea I fell in love with. She is made for Logan the same way you are made for me.”

I chuckled and tangled my fingers into his hair. I pulled his head up so I could look into his eyes.

“I know that,” I said. “You don’t have to worry.”

Drake sighed and caressed my cheek.

“Do you know when I realized that I wanted you?” he asked me.

I smiled and nodded.

“I was slowly falling in love with you while you were here helping with our soil issue,” he said. “I didn’t realize it, though. Not until I saw you at that Alpha gathering at Logan’s pack.”

He placed a small kiss on my lips before he continued.

“I was staring at Emma, and Josh kept telling me to stop it because she was a married woman,” he said, chuckling. “I realized that I wasn’t staring at her because I wanted her but because I wanted a mate. I wanted that kind of love she and Logan had.”

He placed a small kiss on my cheek, making me smile.

“And then you came to talk to me,” he mumbled. “My whole world lit up in a second. I remember thinking how beautiful and smart you are.”

“Yes, I am,” I said, making him chuckle.

“But then you started talking to that guy, and I was pissed off,” he sighed, rolling his eyes. “I knew that I couldn’t let anything happen between the two of you. I knew that I had to do something before someone else took you from me.”

I smiled and pulled him in for another kiss.

“I am so happy that you stopped me from going out with that guy,” I said as I stopped kissing him. “I had the biggest crush on you, but I would have never admitted it.”

He furrowed his eyebrows.

“Why not?” he asked.

I sighed and caressed his cheek.

“I thought that I wouldn’t be good enough for an Alpha,” I said quietly. “I thought that I wouldn’t be good enough for you.”

Drake sighed and pulled me into a hug.

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