I realized I had uttered those words aloud only when I heard dad’s muffled laughter. He turned to my mother and proclaimed loudly, "Leave it to Ellie. Nothing could change her mind about this."
My head snapped towards Ian, and we looked at each other in horror. Ian spoke first. “What do you mean, potential mate bond?”
I could tell Alpha Paxton was mind-linking as he looked at each council member and each of my parents. A nod of heads indicated their agreement with whatever they were discussing. Turning back to face Ian and me, Alpha Paxton explained.
“There are times in the supernatural world where one individual has the ability to choose from a ‘mate pool’. That ‘mate pool’ is made up of many potential mates, but only one Goddess-gifted fated mate. This happens only when that individua
