Matedbond Stories

THE MATE HE REJECTED Tessie never wanted a mate. At eighteen, after years of being mocked for her body and treated like she was less than everyone around her, she begged the Moon Goddess for one thing: Don't give me a mate. Four years later, Tessie is twenty-two and still alone. She considers it a blessing. Until the Alpha's son's eighteenth birthday ceremony. In front of the entire pack, Tessie discovers that the one thing she feared most has finally happened. The Alpha's son is her mate. And he looks at her like she's the worst mistake the Moon Goddess could have ever made. Then he rejects her. Broken and humiliated, Tessie leaves everything behind and disappears into the human world, determined to forget the pack, the mate bond, and the boy who made her feel like she was never good enough. Seven years later, Tessie returns for one reason only: her sister's wedding. She doesn't want forgiveness. She doesn't want a mate. And she certainly doesn't want him. But the boy who once rejected her is no longer a boy. He's the Alpha now. And the moment he sees Tessie again, he realizes something that comes far too late- he made the biggest mistake of his life. Now he wants the woman he once rejected. But Tessie isn't the insecure twenty-two-year-old he left behind. And if the Alpha wants his rejected mate back, he's going to have to prove that he deserves her. Because this time... Tessie gets to decide whether he's worth accepting.