Alex I couldn't believe that it had finally happened to me. My mother had thrown parties for three years hoping I would find my mate in one of them. I never believed in fated mates until it happened to me. The moon goddess had played a joke on me. A rogue was my mate. I could not begin to process things. Why did it have to be her? The pack would never accept her. My mother would never accept her. I felt it was best to reject her now while she couldn't feel the mate bond. If I lingered and her wolf finally emerged, the rejection would be hard on her. I had seen what happened to rejected wolves, they rarely survived the pain. I wanted to tell my mother but I was afraid of her reaction, and if I told my father, my mother would find out. "Don't make hasty decisions" I heard my wolf cau