Always Her Mate: a Rejected Mates Shifter Romance (Claws and Fangs Book 2) by Sarah Spade

Author:Sarah Spade [Spade, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-07-26T16:00:00+00:00

11

It hurts to think I’m being rejected again. That I put myself out there, finally accepting Ryker, only to have him reject my offer to bond with him.

The old Gem would’ve lashed out. Not gonna lie. The new Gem kinda wants to do the same. But I’ve gotten to know Ryker Wolfson these last two months. This male would only reject me if he felt like he had a reason to.

Last time, I didn’t wait around for an explanation. This time?

I’m expecting one.

“Explain. Please.”

“It’s simple, Gemma. I won’t bond you to me just to piss off your mom’s ex-mate.”

Oh, come on. He can’t possibly believe that? Kudos on remembering not to refer to that piece of shit as my dad, but still.

“That’s not what this is about—”

“It’s not?”

“No.”

The look Ryker gives me lets me know that he knows that I’m lying.

My frustrated breath comes out in a rush of hot air. “It’s not! Look, I’m not gonna stand here and tell you that it won’t make our lives easier. If we’re bonded, Shane will have to stop with this crap. He wants to mate me so I can help him become an alpha. Fuck no. And I’m sure my sperm donor has a similar plan. We can bond and put a stop to it, but that’s not the only reason why I’m saying yes now.”

Ryker moves into me, another one of his blatant dares. “Then why are you?”

Because I love you.

I open my mouth. I try to force the words out.

I can’t. Not until I hear him say them first.

“Yeah,” he shoots back. “That’s what I thought.”

Okay. I’ve had one hell of a night. I had to listen to my mom worry that her psycho ex was gunning for me. Shane’s howl scared the crap out of me, then I went and dealt with him. I had another awkward conversation with Aleks.

And now this?

I shove Ryker away from me. “Back off.”

His eyes flash, suddenly turning molten as if I’ve tripped his switch of something. “Excuse me?”

“I said back off, Ryker. I can’t do this. Not with you. Not now. Especially not so soon after my run-in with Shane.”

My wolf wants blood. She’s not picky about who she gets it from, either, and I don’t want another situation where I go for Ryker’s heart.

So, rather than stay on that corner with me, I turn and start to jog across the street.

He just about catches up to me in five strides.

“Where are you going, sweetheart? You running away from me again?”

Whirling on him, I jab my pointer finger into his chest. Only when I hear his thin shirt rip do I realize that my claws are out.

I hurriedly fist them so that I don’t mark Ryker up again.

“Don’t chase me.” My words echo with an alpha’s command. I doubt it’ll do shit to Ryker, but my wolf needs to find her voice regardless. “I told you I’ll go with you to the townhouse. I’m going. Just… let me walk there alone. I need some time to think.

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