Anita’s POV
The truth had settled in my chest like a stone. Alpha Hades was my mate. But that wasn’t the worst of it. No, the worst part was that he wasn’t just my mate. He was my mate—a powerful Alpha, and not the only one.
There was another name. Another woman. A woman named Anita.
I couldn’t believe it. I had thought for a fleeting moment that maybe, just maybe, my bond with Hades was fated, unique. But as it turned out, fate was a cruel mistress. Anita was the woman Alpha Hades had been destined for long before me, and I was only the latest chapter in a story that had already been written. What did this mean for me? What did this mean for us?