02Butterscotch

“You want to know about the mate bond we share?” His words stopped me midway as I turned around to face him. I didn’t say a word as I felt my heart palpitate in anticipation. 

“Beta Perez, I…” Before I could speak, he continued. 

“I have decided to never let a woman into my life, Miss. James. I have learned long back that they only serve as a distraction. Why would I need a mate if I could have any women I want? Am I right, Miss. James?” He asked me as I felt my eyes burn, but I held back my tears. 

“A mate is your better half, Beta Perez.” I choked out the words when he let out a humorless laugh. 

“According to me, you need a mate to satisfy your needs and maybe an heir in the long run. I think I can buy that with some money, Miss. James.” 

“Don’t you feel the mate bond, Beta Perez?” I asked him, but he didn’t answer.

“I would have at least considered mating with you if you held a rank, Miss. James. But I don’t think I want a woman who is a nobody with a lonely mother and a runaway father.” I felt my chest rise and fall in anger while something broke within me. A tense silence engulfed us as we stared at one another. 

Join us in this journey where Aurora and Zander find love again as sparks ignite between them and desire crackles in the air, the tension builds, pushing them closer together. Will Zander’s feelings toward the mate bond transform as he grapples with the chemistry between them, or will fear of another heartbreak drive him to reject her? The future is uncertain, but one thing is clear: their destinies are intertwined in ways they never anticipated.

Beta Zander Perez

I stared at Aurora's retreating figure till she vanished in the corner as I turned around to face Adrian. "Any updates regarding the traitor?" I asked him when he nodded his head.

"I caught the person responsible. She is in the dungeon right now," he told me when my eyebrows scrunched up in confusion.

"She? You mean it was a woman all along?" I asked him when he nodded his head. "Who is it?"

"Why don't you come and take a look?" he told me when we began walking towards the dungeon.

"How did you find out so soon?" I asked him.

"I changed my tactics and began surveilling the cameras around the pack house and then tracked the person who went to the northern border at the exact same time the rogue came inside."

"How did he come in without triggering our alarm system?"

Chapter 107