ALMOND "Mate!?" I exclaimed in shock. "That's impossible; it can't be true. He could never be my mate. If he were, I should have been able to sense him. It's not just me; Tala would have known that Alvah is our mate too. She couldn't sense him, and there was no mate bond pull. I couldn't feel anything towards him," I explained to Isla, who just smiled. "It's a hundred percent possible, Al. Don't forget that you and Logan didn't reject each other the right way," Isla reminded me, and I nodded. "So, what does that have to do with your suspicion about Alvah being my mate?" I asked her, and she sighed. "It has a lot to do with it, Al. It's essential. You rejected Logan, but did he reject you in return?" She continued before I could respond, "The answer is obviously no. He didn't accept you