Rae East has always cast herself off as a girl not worthy of a Mate. With a past of self-doubt and expectations of a hopeless future, her theory crumbles when she discovers she is mated to an Alpha. Not expecting anything from it, Rae finds herself in a confusing situation. Giving no clarity, her Alpha Mate brings her back to his pack with no purpose.

She sinks into herself, lost, alone, and in pain. With a Mate who has no interest in her whatsoever, Rae struggles to find her purpose in the pack and in her own world.

Not knowing if she has a future with the Alpha she can't help but want, Rae must search elsewhere for happiness like she had once planned. But with a taste of the bond she can't help but share, it becomes difficult to move on from the Alpha who holds her heart captive.

Too Beautiful for the Alpha

He looks amused by my embarrassment. /"So you found what? A book? And you left it here after you found it? And now you're back again looking through the bathroom for more things?/"

He makes me sound crazy. /"You know what it was. It was my shirt. You look my shirt from my bedroom and had it under the pillows. I saw it./"

/"But you didn't take it? You left this shirt on my bed?/"

I near him. /"Stop it. Stop making me sound like I'm crazy. I know what I saw, and I know that you can't help yourself. No matter how hard you try, you'll never be able to get over me. That's how Mates work. I know how Mates work. You can pretend all you want. You can make me feel like nothing all you want, but that's not going to change the way you react to me, to my scent, to my touch, to my everyth—/"

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