All Chapters of The Unchosen Mate: Chapter 201 - Chapter 210

Perrin“When’s the last time we’ve sparred?”Ethan finished with his warm up. He had looked distracted when he got here, but was now the textbook of concentration and focus. “Honestly? Way too long.” He grinned, and took up position on the opposite side of the floor. “I’ve missed this,” I said openly. He knew how much I had missed him. How my right hand felt like it had been missing for the last few months. He nodded, the natural grin of my best friend taking over as we began to circle each other. The downside of training with your best friend your entire life is that you knew every strength, every move they would make. They were predictable in their strengths as much as their

LoMy alarm didn’t need to go off. I was awake already. So when the buzzing of my phone sounded from my side table, I turned it off without my normal disgruntled haze.The hint of a sunrise has been illuminating my shaded window for the better part of the last hour. I was mentally awake. Had been, really. A looming sense of stifled excitement that today was my eighteenth birthday.But as big of a deal as that typically was, I couldn’t help but feel that it was all a little anticlimactic. Not just because this was usually all about becoming eligible to mate. I was long past wanting that or even thinking it was right for me. Besides--it didn’t actually happen until the sun set on your eighteen birthday anyway. But it was typically a day in which an heirloom was passed from mother to daughter, moreso as an antiquated custo

PerrinPERRIN: Did they make it ok?ETHAN: Yes. They were there before I got there this morning.PERRIN: Excellent. I’m glad she was pleased.ETHAN: You did a great job. Inviting them was an excellent ideaETHAN: Are you sure you just did that as a ‘friend?’PERRIN: Yes. We’re just friends. I’m in no headspace to think about any of that right now.ETHAN: Why not?PERRIN: Are you too wrapped up in your own mate to remember I broke up with my girlfriend of over two years like a week ago? For good?I stared at my phone after I sent the text. It was harsh. But I was being honest. And Ethan wouldn’t want anything else.ETHAN: You’ve been avoiding me. I knew it.

PerrinOnce I was seated, I noticed that Dina had brought up the first course. I sent a mind link to my father.What is Alpha Nael doing here?We don’t know. Are you ok?I’m fine. Just overdoing it. You have five days to get it together. I watched as he looked at Alpha Nael while he spoke to me. Rest is part of that.But what is he doing here? I repeated, eager to change the topic. Salindra’s out of her mind,

LoThe room seemed to grow very still for several long moments, as if nobody dared to breathe.“Your… daughter?” Deidre finally stomached to ask.“Jesamine?” Mark breathed.“It’s not possible.” my father managed.The name had registered with all three of them, and it seemed clear that they had all known about the tragic car accident that had taken Nael’s wife and his daughter so many years ago. They had all thought she was dead. I had believed Jesamine was dead. Justin had told me so. I felt sick. This all had to be a bad joke. Except for the fact that Jaz