21

ELARIAN

“Mate!” My wolf said with a very bold and clear voice as I watched Aeros exit the bar and disappear from my view.

I was surprised to hear that, and for a minute, I thought I hadn’t heard it clearly. But then it came again, and this time, there was no mistaking it. My wolf had just clearly told me that he was my mate, and there was no going back.

Aeros, the cold Alpha who made me sign a contract to become his property, was my mate. The contract clearly stated that we were not to have any emotional ties, so this had only made the situation much more complicated.

How was I supposed to tell a man who only wanted me for sex that he was my mate? That is, if he would even believe me.

I had thought Corey was my mate, and with the kind of mating process wolves have, to have another mate after the first one is like nature’s way of giving you a second chance.

It finally dawned on me that the reason I had been so drawn to him was because he was my mate. It now made sense—the deep feelings