He Didn't Believe in Our Fated Mate Bond, so I Walked Away

I push through my Gamma warrior training ahead of schedule just to get back to the pack sooner. All I want is to stand beside my Alpha, Kyle Faucher, and finally complete our mate-bonding ceremony.

But when I step into our house, scarred and feeling hopeful, I see 100 old boarding passes to the Darkmoon pack littering the floor.

That pack is only a mile from my training grounds. Kyle's been that close for two years, and still, he never came.

I sprint to the place where we were supposed to have our mate-bonding ceremony, clinging to the desperate hope that there's an explanation. But the moment I burst through the doors, I stopped cold.

Kyle is down on one knee, dressed in a tailored suit, his eyes locked on someone with a softness I've never seen in him before.

Standing across from him, smiling through her tears, is my stepsister, Vivian Blackwell.

"Vivian, I haven't completed the mate-bonding ceremony with Serene. Say the word, and I'll reject her and mark you right now."

At that moment, the world goes still, and I even forgot how to breathe.

So this is what he's been doing while I was gone, chasing the woman he never let go of. Meanwhile, I spent those two years giving everything I had, trying to become someone worthy of standing by his side.

I don't ask why or shed a tear. I just turn around and walk away.

If she's what he wants, then so be it. The mate-bonding ceremony I dreamed of will be theirs instead.

But the second I'm gone, he loses it and sends every warrior looking for me.

I push through my Gamma warrior training ahead of schedule just to get back to the pack sooner. All I want is to stand beside my Alpha, Kyle Faucher, and finally complete our mate-bonding ceremony.

But when I step into our house, scarred and feeling hopeful, I see 100 old boarding passes to the Darkmoon pack littering the floor.

That pack is only a mile from my training grounds. Kyle's been that close for two years, and still, he never came.

I sprint to the place where we were supposed to have our mate-bonding ceremony, clinging to the desperate hope that there's an explanation. But the moment I burst through the doors, I stopped cold.

Kyle is down on one knee, dressed in a tailored suit, his eyes locked on someone with a softness I've never seen in him before.

Standing across from him, smiling through her tears, is my stepsister, Vivian Blackwell.

"Vivian, I haven't completed the mate-bonding ceremony with Serene. Say the word, and I'll reject her and mark you right now."

At that moment, the world goes still, and I even forgot how to breathe.

So this is what he's been doing while I was gone, chasing the woman he never let go of. Meanwhile, I spent those two years giving everything I had, trying to become someone worthy of standing