Rebecca POV
Ever since I received Eli’s text, I was hopeful that maybe he was ready to take me back. So it came as a huge shock when he introduced me to his mate.
After being with him for years, my feelings for him never really went away. When we went to school together, we thought we were destined to be mates until he turned 18. When he didn't feel the mate pull with me, I was really disappointed that I wasn’t his mate, but we continued with our relationship anyway.
I knew there was always a risk of him finding his mate, but after he turned 18 and then went years without finding his mate, I thought we could make a life together.
Once he became Alpha, though, it all changed. We ended up going our separate ways but continued to remain friends.
We met when I w
