Brandon POV
Panic, that is all I feel. I know this emotion is both mine and Avas’ mixing together. I never wanted a mate but when I first laid eyes on Ava I fell in love. The thing about being a hybrid is that my mate is not given to me by the Blood Goddess, instead, I choose my own mate subconsciously. That’s the dragon part of me. The vampire side gets a mate but the dragon side gets to choose the mate. It appears that both sides are in agreement with Ava being my mate.
I know I am not Avas’ first mate, we have all heard what Alpha Matthew Kaede and his pack did to her but I am her second chance. I know that Ava is with Jake so I decided to hide the mate bond from her, that was until I touched her at the council building, my concentration was lacking for a second and I am sure that Ava
