No Longer Be your Luna (Jane and Xander) novel Chapter 29

*Xander*

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I love Jane… I do. I just didn’t appreciate the way she always

tried to make me do what she wanted. I’d still believed we could

make things work. But now, staring down at divorce papers.

filed by my wife, it made things very clear.

I read the divorce summon again: Petition for Dissolution of

Marriage – Grounds: Adultery. The Supreme Wolf Court

required me to appear within 20 days.

I read it again, this time even more slowly. Every word trembled

in my mind and I held the paper tightly. A faint humming sound

came from the background.

I felt Mia slide her hand up my arm.

“How did she do that?”

I didn’t look at her. Instead, I folded the papers and slid them

back into the envelope. My wolf curled into himself. His pain

was my pain, and we were both hurting at the prospect of losing

our mate. I tried to remain calm, especially in front of Mia.

The delivery man who was still waiting, cleared his throat. “I,

uh… need a signature, Alpha.”

I was struggling to breathe, mentally pacing myself as I tried to

come to terms with the news. I mechanically took the pen he

offered and scrawled my name across the line.

“There,” I said, trying to stop my voice from breaking. “You’ve

done your part.”

He scurried away after that and I closed the door behind him. It

was all too surreal. Jane, my Jane wanted to permanently end

our union. Was this because I froze the account? I was just

trying to remind her of my importance in her life. Was that so

bad? Did that make me deserve a fucking divorce?

Mia followed me into the living room. “How the hell did Jane

pull this off? She left less than a day ago.”

I didn’t answer. I wasn’t in the mood for any of this. My mate

was about to leave me, and all Mia wanted to do was gossip.

I felt her fingers brush against my back. “Are you okay?”

No, I wasn’t. It felt like a truck had slammed right into me. “I

need to be alone,” I said.

Mia hesitated for a moment, a trace of confusion flashing across

her face, but in the end she nodded and took a step back.

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When she was no longer within sight, I yanked my phone out of

my pocket and dialed Jane. No answer. Damn it. I called again.

Straight to voicemail.

I kept trying, and by the fifth try, I couldn’t breathe. She was

doing this to punish me. She wanted control. But that was my

game. Nobody controlled the Alpha.

With as much anger as I could muster, I hurled the phone across

the room, watching as it hit the wall and dropped to the floor in

pieces.

This isn’t happening. I won’t let it.

I grabbed my coat off the back of the chair and headed to the

kitchen. I found Mia sipping a cup of coffee, phone in hand.

“Find Jane’s mother Helena Ashford,” I barked. “I want to know

exactly where Jane’s mother is being held.”

Mia blinked. “But…”

“Now, Mia.”

She nodded fast. “I’ll call Marcus. He owes us.” She moved away,

speaking in hushed tones into the phone. I waited impatiently,

Helena suddenly blinked, looking behind me. “I don’t see a

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