Chapter 19

Everly POV

I watch Zoe blow out her candles. Today is her 21st birthday, and I feel blessed to call her one of my best friends. She is more like a sister to me. Zoe and Macey fill the places where my family should have been, but now I am happy with how far we all have come. We didn’t need anyone; we only needed each other.

“Happy 21st,” I whisper to her, giving her a hug after setting the cake down.

“Oh, we need napkins,” I tell Zoe before rushing off back to the kitchen. I go into the storeroom, grabbing a box of refills down and pulling a handful out before placing the box on the shelf. Just as I walk back out, Zoe rushes into the kitchen, her face pale, and a look of horror on her face. She smacks straight into me before grabbing my arms.

“What is it? What happened?” I ask her, looking around for what scared her. When she didn’t answer, I went to walk past her to investigate myself. It must be bad for her to not be able to tell me. Zoe feared nothing these days, she had come out of her shell, but something happened for her to be such a

nervous wreck.

“You can’t go out there,” she blurts, gripping my arms and pulling me away from the door just as I was about to step out

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into the Restaurant. I hear Macey talking behind me in the

restaurant.

“Sir, you can’t go back there,” I hear her call to someone.

“What happened?” I ask her.

“Zoe?” I grip her arms when her eyes go wide as she stares over my shoulder. I get the strange feeling that who she feared is right behind me. I stand up straight, his scent wafting to me, and Zoe’s eyes dart to mine.

My face must mirror the same horror hers do because she grabs my hands, squeezing them tight. I close my eyes, willing myself to not break. He will not break me. He does that nearly every night, and somehow, I’ve learned to live with it. I won’t give him the satisfaction of seeing it.

“Your name is Everly, right?” he says, his voice soft and

serious.

I fight the urge to shiver hearing his voice. Fucking mate bond, it’s bad enough it tortures me; why does it have to affect me this way, every piece of me wanting to throw myself in his arms despite the fact he nearly ruined me. The bond wants that, not me. I am in control, I fought it this long, and I didn’t work this hard for everything to unravel right now.

“Yes, how may I help you, Alpha Valen?” I ask, turning around. My lungs compress at the sight of him, he was gorgeous, and

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he fucking knew he was, which just enraged me. Tall, dark, and handsome. What is it with men? They grow older, manlier, and more handsome while women just fucking age? Damn, my inner monologue is out of whack today. Fuck was taking up a good chunk of my vocabulary.

“You know my name and who I am?” he asks.

“I also know what you are too, so how may I help you?” I ask him. I am impressed with how calm I sound, despite screaming internally and wanting to run.

He blows out a breath and runs a hand through his hair before scratching his neck. He looks back out to the restaurant.

“How old are you?” he asks.

enough to know you are my mate if that’s what you are wondering,” I tell him. Didn’t I know it? Five

hate how he hung up when I tried to tell him I was pregnant and

our lives.

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step past him and back into the restaurant, managing to avoid his hand

that he didn’t

you out,” I tell him, pointing to Macey while I checked the dessert displays and

this came as a bit of shock, but I…”

into the sunset with you, be dying for you to mark me, ah no thanks. Door is just behind you, if you just turn around, you shouldn’t

are a real piece of

that isn’t about being my mate, then get

had managed to draw half the restaurant’s attention, though we talked rather quietly.

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need to speak to the manager about holding the annual Alpha meeting here,” he says

you have your own hotels to

hold it on neutral

fully booked,” I

you

isn’t, I will make sure

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manager,” he says, following

placing them in the sink and

to speak to

at her,”

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this place?” he scoffs.

compared to your 4.5? Didn’t think a rogue woman could outdo you, I bet that is the real reason you’re

and instead shuts

isn’t

functions room for the Alpha meeting and also check out the competition; I wasn’t expecting to find

so if you will excuse me,” I tell him, and he growls, stepping into

being like this?” he asks.

like what,

I am

well

somewhere with less of an audience,” he says, glancing around

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“No, thank you.”

a boyfriend, is

feel the need to fuck everything in sight,” I

me?” he asks; I roll my eyes, trying to step around him when he

have work to do, please move,”

Our laws state Alpha’s can mark their mates if the mate is

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