The Alpha's Reluctant Mate

ed to come over to my pack's headquarters

woods. It was equipped with a large kitchen, bathrooms, mul

I noticed he had on a white dress shirt and jean

to give me my gift. It looked like it'd be jew

gift. It was a gaudy gold bracelet with rubies that my sister wou

to say, "T

. I saw it and

pit of my gut. It was almost as if

ther since we met. My heart felt as if it had been s

as wrong when he looked at me with

and said, "Oh it's nothing. I'm jus

an have lunch an

m not being my mate came back to me. Why wasn't he

have told that little white lie earlier. I stood up and looked

o tell you

asked, "Are you going to

that you aren't my mate. I felt it like a gut feeling. It

en if I'm not your mate, I still want to b

ed, "I want to be with you too an

y a warning that Ash and I weren't as right for each other as I had thought. I mean,

to me. He said, "I want to remain true to y

to you too. You're

re myself more than him. For the fir

der

t away from the rest of the pack and think about things. Sometimes clearing my head was

. I wasn't sure what it was, but it made me a little concer

n my life. Honestly, it was okay being the "loner" of the pack. I

d a familiar young woman's voice. "You don'

ed to go and think about what you t

don't want to be alone for my birthday.

need time to myself. But I can't believe

of guilt over accidently eavesdropping on a private conve

ving. There must've been trouble between the couple, but I wasn't sure if I had met th

he woman's birthday for God's sake. Who leaves someone on their b

d "your mate is near." This surprised me, since no one had ever made me feel this befo

ling was so strong that my feet moved before I thought about

uldn't get involved with a mate. I had another priority that came above anything in my

a couple women. There were never any promises or any real commitme

probably didn't even know me anyway. I wondered what would happen if I met my mat