Alpha’s Second Chance Mate (Sidonie & Carlyle)

Rejected.

Sidonie’s POV

I woke up feeling ecstatic. The smell of wood and pines filled the air, gently teasing my nose. There was a huge weight pressing down on me but I didn’t mind it. How could I mind the weight of my mate against me? It was the best feeling ever. My eyes fluttered open to see his arm bearing down on me. It was huge and muscular and at certain intervals, he would tighten his grip around me as if afraid I would run off.

Oh my gosh!

So this was what it felt like. To be wanted. To have a mate. I had realized it sometime during the night. We had gone at it like rabbits several times and all my wolf had ranted about all through was how he was my mate. Our mate.

I turned my face to look at him.

His hair was tousled and a good part of it fell over his face. His eyes were closed and he had a satisfied smile playing across his lips. He looked so adorable. I reached for his face, running my fingers lightly over his nose and jaw. He was so strong. So virile and totally mine!

Ha! Not even the Alpha of Alphas could beat this. Now I had an excuse to slip out of the silly marriage. I was sure my mate would not see me married to anyone else but him. A deep rumbling sound drew my attention back to my mate. His chest heaved and his hand gripped me tighter. And then in that wonderful moment, his eyes opened.

“Hi,” I greeted, grinning widely.

Blue and violet orbs stared at me in confusion and then suddenly, so quickly, he was off the bed, searching for his clothes. I frowned at the sight. Did he not feel the pull? Was I the only one who knew we were mates?

“You’re leaving?” I asked, sitting up from the bed. I winced when a slight pain drifted from my thighs. I was sore. Very sore.

He grunted in response, not looking at me. I watched him yank on his pants and reach for his ripped shirt.

will I see

at me. “You won’t. This was a mistake.

we were mates? How

was stare at me and then with a growl, he stomped to the side of the bed and cupped my face in his jaw. “Mate or

off, not knowing what else

reject you.” He said suddenly, and my heart stopped beating for a second.“I reject you as

chest and I doubled over, placing my palm over it. I gasped as the pain only intensified. Feebly, I looked up at him. He had a hand over his chest, wincing. He must have felt it too, the

as a word, he walked out of the room, shirtless and leaving

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around. I had gone home that afternoon when the hotel staff came in to tell me I had used up my payment. I didn’t remember how I’d gotten home. I

you

I not good enough? Had I done something to hurt him? I thought love and affection came with the mate bond. So why did I feel neither? Why

tears slip down the sides of my eyes. My room was dark. I hadn’t opened the window in days. What was the point of seeing

the point of

my room opened slightly, and my mother’s voice reached

“Sidonie?”

I heard her sigh. Her footsteps grew nearer until

called softly. “What exactly is