Forsaken by Fate: A Rejected Mate Reverse Harem Shifter Romance (Fated Apex Mates Book 1) by Vera Rivers

Author:Vera Rivers [Rivers, Vera]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Aurora

Ibarely remember the rest of lunch, my mind on the impending blood oath and what it will entail. I don’t know what’s involved, but I can imagine.

I’m not afraid of blood, but I also don’t have much experience with it, being a deer, and not a predator.

As the staff clear off the table, Zane pulls out my chair and leads me away from the dining room and down the hall to the temple. I haven’t had a chance to explore this massive estate yet, but I’m already getting a sense that it’s an entire village in this house.

Zane told me that every Alpha estate has a temple to hold rituals, presumably like this one, but I wouldn’t know. This is all beyond me.

But I hope I get to learn it all.

The stained glass skylight casts vibrant patterns across the smooth stone benches in the intimate yet grand chamber. I’m too nervous to notice the beauty of the place, my mind on what’s coming up as they circle me around the altar. I’m distinctly aware of their closeness now, the three of them so near me, I’m vibrating with anticipation. Suddenly, I want them all touching me, but I don’t dare ask.

Fenris produces a bejeweled dagger as Victor stands at the sanctuary, flipping through a dog-eared book. Without warning, Zane lifts me up to drop me gracefully on the altar to sit. I gasp and laugh as he deposits me effortlessly on the cold surface of the granite. Nervously, I perch on the edge, my knees swinging as I wait.

Zane smiles reassuringly at me, brushing a strand of hair out of my face, and I try to smile back at him. “You don’t have anything to worry about,” he tells me as Victor settles on a page. “As long as you want to do this, it’s painless. If you’re going against your will, this is going to be a problem. Clear your mind.”

“I’m not worried,” I answer quickly. “I want this.”

Fenris slides up onto the altar beside me, reaching for my palm, and Victor finds the page.

“Got the passage,” the leader of the trio intones, raising his head, his golden gaze locking on me. “Are you ready?”

Swallowing, I nod. “I am.”

It happens so fast, I don’t have time to process it. Victor’s sonorous tone floods the temple, and Zane extends his hand as the three Alphas circle around me. I catch bits of Victor’s words—something about the promise of my bond to them, my commitment sealed with the spilling of my blood—but my attention shifts as Fenris swiftly cuts his hand, then Zane’s, and finally Victor’s in quick, precise motions. My instinct is to clean them up and stop the bleeding, but of course, we need the flow.

A stream of blood appears, but my palm splits open under the blade of Fenris’s dagger, and I yelp aloud, caught off guard, although I don’t know why I’m shocked by the sudden motion.

Victor doesn’t stop his incantation, his voice growing louder, our

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