Mated to my step brother
"""Why did you come back, Damian?""
I stare at the man standing before me, struggling to connect him with the boy who once meant everything to me.
For years, Damian was my closest childhood friend and protector. Then, shortly after his eighteenth birthday, everything changed.
He became distant.
Cold.
And eventually, he left without giving me an explanation.
Now he's standing in front of me again, looking at me as though there is something important he has been hiding all these years.
""You really don't know, Mia?"" he asks quietly.
""Know what?""
His expression changes.
""The real reason I left.""
*************
Growing up, Mia and Damian were inseparable.
They spent their childhood together, and Mia believed nothing could ever break their bond. But when Damian turned eighteen, his behavior suddenly changed. The boy who had always protected her began avoiding her before eventually leaving home altogether.
Mia never understood why.
Years later, when Mia reaches eighteen, she finally discovers the shocking truth.
Damian is her mate.
Suddenly, his disappearance begins to make sense.
But instead of answering Mia's questions, the discovery creates even more.
Why did Damian leave after learning the truth?
Why did he keep their connection hidden for so long?
And now that fate has brought them together again, will they accept the bond between them—or choose separate paths?
For Mia, discovering her mate should have been the beginning of something extraordinary.
Instead, it may uncover the secret Damian has spent years trying to hide."