Page 142 of Freeing My Alpha

The rising fire in my belly blazes.

“I... love myself in this,” I whisper.

Amy has been stunned silent, gaping in awe. But with these words, she starts to weep.

“Oh, A.—” I flip around, desperate to soothe her.

But she’s beaming. “Show everyone else. They’re going to be as happy for you as I am.”

Before I can second-guess it, I rush outside the dressing room with happy tears clouding my eyes. The moment everyone’s stare lands on me, the room falls into complete silence.

Followed by wide smiles and happy sniffles. When even Celestia is speechless, I have trouble keeping my head up.

But my chosen family chimes in.

“Holy ship,” Kira breathes, clutching Lexi closer. “Auntie Aliya is...”

“Pretty,” Lexi whispers.

“Truly, Luna, you’re so...” Rainn trails off, overwhelmed with emotion.

But her mother picks up where she left off. “Beautiful. Sexy. Confident. My son will be so blown away by his Luna. Our Luna.”

My heart overflows with joy, forcing me to wipe more tears as they gush from my smiling eyes.

But Yas lets out a frustrated groan, making every head whip to her. “Dammit, I’m so jealous of Noah now!”

Everyone erupts into laughter.

But with my newfound confidence, I let myself loose. “With how well Noah treats me in bed, you should be jealous of me.”

Everyone laughs again, and I drop my head to smooth my dress. I guess there’s still a part of me that’s forever unable to stop feeling shy. Maybe that’s okay too.

Yasmine waves my words away with her hand. “Oh, no, Noah and I aren’t right for each other. I’m way too aromantic for his mushy ass. Especially in bed.”

My eyebrows raise, but inside, my wolf bares her teeth. “You’ve slept with him?”

Yasmine laughs. “I wouldn’t go that far. We tried a best friend sex thing once at 17 and it was just weird. It’s more than old news, it’s dead and buried.”

My throat burns, even though I know it’s old news; if it wasn’t, I’d sense Noah’s attraction through our bond.

But what confuses me the most is how I’m feeling. What’s with my jealous, reactive wolf today? Calm down before anyone smells it. I dated and had sex with multiple people before we met too. So why am I—

Kira glares at me, and my eyes widen further.

“Don’t act like you and Amy didn’t have a little thing in college, right before we met. I’ve always been jealous of that.”

My face burns bright red, but Amy bursts into laughter. “You know you’re my one and only, babe.”

Kira’s chest puffs, her sly smile appearing. “Yeah? Well, I'll never get tired of hearing that either.”

Rainn tucks her hair behind her ear. “Listen, I—” She bites her lip, peeking into my eyes. “I won’t lie, I’ve slept with Yas also. She’s hot.”

Yasmine’s proud smirk makes us all laugh even harder, softening any jealousy I felt moments before.

“I can agree with that, Yas. You're hot as hell,” I say.

Kira nudges Yasmine, and Amy and Rainn can't stop giggling with me.

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