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Unusual Mate

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Athena is a single mom to Aleksandr. Raising him all alone. She’s has been having migraines and dizzy spells so she’s going home to her parents. Soon she finds out these dizzy spells aren’t normal and her mother has something to do with it. Soon secrets and lies come to the surface and Athena feels she can’t trust anyone anymore.

Abaddon is the new Alpha of the Autumn Moon pack. He has waited so long to meet his mate. Finally, at his Alpha ceremony party, he meets her. The problem is that she’s human and has no idea they’re mates, or is she. Abaddon soon finds out that Athena has been kept in the dark and vows to keep her safe. He soon finds out that her trust issue stems deeper than her parents' lies.

Can Athena forgive her parents? Will she be able to ever trust anyone after so much has happened in her life? Will these secrets come to haunt her forever? Will Abaddon be able to truly protect her?

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Athena’s POV     Today was finally the day I would be leaving behind this mess of a life I had gotten myself into. I walked out of the office I had been working in for the last time.     Turning to take one last look around the small room that held so many counseling sessions. I had been working as a social worker at a rehabilitation center for teens.      The past four years had been spent helping so many young adults find their path in this crazy thing we call life.     I enjoyed my work immensely, however, it was really a way to escape the horrors of my own life. Some would even say completely avoiding the things that had happened.      For me, I saw it mostly to keep my mind away from it and put my time well spent into something good, instead of dwelling on the past.     Leaving this place and going back to my family meant being further away from that horrible past and really, I missed being around my family.     Even as an adult now, I missed the comforts of being close to my mother. After all, my mother was like my best friend. We spoke every single day as soon as I was home.     Though, there were times my mother could be overwhelming, as she tends to want me to avoid making her similar past mistakes. Though, I suppose I had still fallen into a few similar steps she had in her past.     I had left my parents home at eighteen and shortly met someone. My first ever, and only, relationship that had come with a pile of ups and downs.     Mostly, that one relationship had brought so many horrible memories, terrifying fears, nightmares, and above all it had brought me to the work of avoiding my past to the best of my ability. Really, there was only one good thing that had ever come from that relationship.     I turned the light off and closed the door. As I walked out, I stopped by the front desk to return my office keys to Daisy. She had become one of my closest friends over the past few years. She was the only friend I had around the big city.     We spent almost all our time together, working, and in our normal lives. I loved her as much as I loved spending time with her two children.     Daisy was the person everyone greeted when they first walked in and it was perfect that they did.     She was a petite woman with light brown hair that cascaded in light waves down to the middle of her back. She had azure blue eyes and freckles that adorned her cheeks and nose giving her an appearance of a teen, though she was closer to my age.     Daisy had the most infectious smile and attitude. Always happy and seemed to know exactly how to pick up anyone’s mood.     I stood by the desk and Daisy looked up with tears in her eyes. I had never seen her ever shed a single tear before. I felt my heart clench as it pained me to see.     “Don’t cry. You will make these waterworks of mine pour out, too,” I exclaimed as I walked around to wrap her in a hug.     “I know, I am so sorry. It’s just-,” she paused wiping away tears, “I am going to miss having you around A.”      She had given me the nickname after one week of working together, and from that point on she and I were friends for life.     She was now cry-hiccupping. This only meant she had been crying while I had finished packing my office.     I hugged her tight again and stepped back. “I will come to visit and you will come to see me. Besides, mountain air does wonders to the mind and soul,” I said while mustering the best smile I could.     She only nodded and gave me the best half-smile. We had already planned on her visiting me once I found a job and home of my own again. It was the time apart we would have that was killing us the most. This was going to be hard for us since we had become so close.     We finished our goodbyes and I went to get into my car. Tears now soaked my cheeks and I quickly tried to rearrange the mess of my face.     I had one last stop before heading onto the road for the eight-hour drive. This was my most important stop of every day and it would make me feel better.     Once I had gotten to my destination, I could feel myself getting lighter. In moments I would have the most precious thing in my life snuggled into my arms.     “Hey, mommy!”     Oh, how those simple words could brighten my whole world.     My son is only four years old and honestly the biggest mama’s boy ever. He jumped up into my arms when I stepped into the daycare he attended.     “Hey there Alek, miss me?” I muffled into his neck as I hugged his small frame tightly.     He was literally my life force and my whole reason for existing. I pushed through life just for this one tiny human.     Leaning back, I saw his deep ocean blue eyes full of excitement. He looked at me with the biggest grin I had ever seen then he bounced, “Yes! Let’s go.”     I got him into his seat, and all buckled up for the ride to a place he was only semi-familiar with. He knew my family, they had visited us a few times, but we had not visited my hometown for the past two and a half years.     I knew he was excited, and I honestly could not say the same. I was so anxious and extremely nervous. I hadn’t seen anyone from there in years and when I had visited, I completely avoided anyone who wasn’t family.     Getting buckled into my Honda Civic Sport, I heard my phone begin to ring. Under the piles of things stuffed into my car, somewhere, my phone was going crazy. I knew exactly who was calling me.     After digging and three missed calls, I finally found the darn contraption. I had missed three calls from my mother.     “Wonderful,” I mumbled to myself. My mother was going to be so worried after that many missed calls.     On the fourth call, I immediately answered.     “Athena, are you okay? Is Aleksandr okay? Where are you? Are you on the way? How long before-” I cut off my mother’s shrieking.     “Mom. We are leaving the care center now and heading to you. Calm down. We are fine.” She was so excited to have her babies coming home.     “Why did you not answer? I thought something horrible had happened,” the concern was fully evident in her voice from the moment I had answered the phone.     I let out a deep sigh, “I’m sorry mom. I packed my car so much; I accidentally packed my phone in too.”     She laughed, letting a little of her worry go, “are you on the way soon?”     “Yes. We are leaving now. It is an eight-hour drive.”     “Good, call me halfway, and do not overdo the driving. It is completely okay to stop and rest. You don’t want to have an episode while driving,” she said. Sounding much calmer, however, concern was still laced in her voice.     Of course, she was concerned. I had been having dizzy spells and epileptic fits for the past few months. This was exactly why I was going back home to her. I was struggling to take care of my son, much less myself with the fits I was having. It was the only logical decision.     “Yes ma’am. Call you soon and love you.” I hung up before she could continue to lecture me. This was going to be a long drive.     After about an hour, I stopped to grab some fast food dinner for Aleksandr and myself. I really hated greasy burgers, but it would have to do. I preferred a wholesome, home-cooked meal over any fast food, this just wasn’t a night for home-cooked anything.      Alek, on the other hand, would eat a happy meal for every meal of the day if I let him.     After eating, we were back on the road, listening to music, and speeding along the interstate highway. Alek had fallen asleep only ten minutes into the drive, so I was alone in singing out of tune with the radio.     Six more hours of driving and I was already tired of seeing the road.

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