From Rejection to Desire

mell anyt

sister, I give a derisive snor

school anyway. At least I hope not. Everyone here ar

she hugs her books close to her c

our mate has got to be here, Kit,

ou. You’re all I got.

r thin shoulders, I give

her lip and s

f you mated to Jody? He’s so dreamy. Oh…o

p of seniors leaning against t

e the worst

andalized, bu

y good looking, but they are a bunch of arrog

pack’s Beta. Colin the

ly like royalty

hey k

rs and act like the entitled

void them and have

below them in the pack hierarchy that the

me though.

where he lives these last fiv

d earn keep for my sister and m

l, especially such good-looking popular ones, while they sit at their over-sized desk doing their homework

ched to the kitchen, curled up in the old rocking chair

he way it ha

s Cami. Freak

nocent, soft spo

eautiful, especia

ed with a quick smile that reveals perfectly straight teeth h

the cas

darker, str

rsus her gorgeous deep chocola

heeks and not a single blemish, and mine, well, mine is l

sically the most awkward being on the planet

rnal optimist, I am

e our parents’ death, where it didn’t completely

sneaks me sweets while I

sweets to share with me when I come

n…which honestly, makes me feel like mo

handsome face and try to avoid the sinkin

I daydreamed about coming to school the morning of my eighteenth bi

t, murmur ‘mine’ against my lips, then we would kiss passionately…and unable to ke

n the packhouse, and I would nev

hat was all just

n each other’s scents…and although he does sme

clean the guest bathro

a

derful and en

y, full of hope, as she s

ably mate w

ealthy Alpha who is he

I won’t ev

Cami, I probably

A scent that feels so thick…so wonder

be it? Is this rea

k at her, my body isn’t under my control anymore as I

holy

de, gripping onto the open door, is a tall, broad-shouldered, dark-

. God! Kit! Kit! Y

ng high pitched s

is n

eaking

g pulled to his and

is

londe stepping out of the passenger side of t

st that Tate has

ver look

head to the blonde to say something that I can’t make out, t

my

d in her direction for her to stop as Tate gets closer, his scen

es on us. Watchin

tal disbelief tha

even bel

his

with the most gorgeous

a’s son

never even da

d I get

n a tentative smile, wanting to touch him, to feel all those mate feels that I’v

n of Alpha Francis of

a

s hap

o pl

ou…what is

ping grunt-like sound when my mouth f

through my body ri

n when I found out

been hit by a truck, then had it

istant for a mom

atherine Aster

ack to his girlfriend, who throws me a triumph

oh K

ound…but that’s where I am, my little sisters ar

new

as too good

of me to think

is

at happiness…i

t of ev

hat…fuck t

throat, I tug at Cami’s arms from

push through th

p my voice steady to sound br

action of seeing me cry. Or to ha

are getting the

er comi