My breathing is erratic as I watch him walk away from me. My wolf is clawing to get out, to shift, to chase after him. But I canât move. She wants me to call out to him, to have him come back here, she hates that heâs walking away, and I think I might hate it too.
My brain is swirling, and my entire body feels taut, a pulled bow string. Youâre supposed to get a warning before you find your mate. Youâre supposed to start experiencing symptoms of going into heat.
I hadnât experienced any of the symptoms, no sweats, no nausea, no cramping, no racing heart, but there is no denying that Caiden, the Alpha of the West Creek Pack, is my mate.
He knows that heâs my mate, and he just walked away from me like nothing had happened, like nothing was fundamentally different about either of us since he walked down those stairs.
I watched the realization dawn over him almost immediately after Iâd figured it out myself. He took a breath through his nose and he smelled me, same as I did him, and he knew what I was to him.
I also heard his Beta swear, which meant that he probably knows too.
And then heâd just walked away.
And Iâd just let him. I hadnât done anything to try and stop him. Not that I have a whole lot of options while Iâm chained to the wall, but still. I should have called out to him, I should have reached out and-
Fighting Fate: A Rival Mating
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