Valor POV
I can't believe this. What the hell is she thinking? Juniper has never acted interested in me as more than just a friend, but my mother thinks she has been pining to become my queen since she was a teenager. She has always acted like one of the guys, so it never dawned on me that she liked me that way. Hell, I've never looked at her that way. Not that she isn't a pretty girl, she just isn't my mate. I've maintained that the only girl I'd ever be interested in was my fated mate. She even said she respected me for that.
The night before I arrived at the Werewolf Kingdom, my mother told me that I was oblivious. That the girl was always hanging around me. That she was the reason that no other girls ever tried to be my friend. I never noticed before my mom brought it up, but now I'
