**Saira** I thought my mate rejecting me for another female was the worst thing that could happen to me. That I had everything figured out, and nothing more could hurt me. I thought wrong. The worst thing that could happen to me was now staring me in the face with the familiar disgust that haunted my every dream. Einas Raed, my mate and the last person I wanted to see me in this appearance, was staring at me with unblinking eyes. And as if that wasn’t enough of a blow, Zaria just had to say the most unbelievable words of the century. “Kill him? You can’t kill him. He’s our mate!” In my entire 21 years of life, I’ve never heard of a wolf hurting their soulmate by accident, let alone intentionally contemplating killing them. The bond between soulmates wouldn’t allow it. The consequences

