All Chapters of Twice Fated: The Alpha's Wrong Mate: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

I told myself it was nothing. Just Braxton Hicks. Just stress from the pack integration.I'd been telling myself that for weeks now. Ignoring the way my wolf had gone silent, retreating so deep I could barely feel her. Ignoring the way Asher's touch had turned cold. Ignoring the way the mark on my neck – the crescent moon that should have pulsed with our bond – had begun to burn like a brand.The blood came – wrong and hot, pouring down my thighs in a rush that could only mean one thing: I was losing my baby.That's when I screamed."Asher!" His name tore from my throat as my knees buckled. I caught the edge of our bed, white-knuckling the sheets as pain rolled through me. The bedroom swam – soft grays and whites, his pack's colors. Eighteen months of living here. Five months of carrying his child.The door crashed open. Asher was across the room in three strides, catching me as I fell."I've got you," he said, voice rough with fear. "The bond will – "He pressed his hand over the mar

Lena's room was exactly as I remembered – training gear everywhere, photos of us covering one wall, the scent of her coconut shampoo. Safe. Familiar.She closed the door and turned to face me, arms crossed. "Okay. Talk. What's going on?"I stood there, trying to find words for the impossible. How do you tell someone you've died and come back? That you've lived eighteen months in a false bond that killed you and your baby? That tomorrow's ceremony is a trap?"You're going to think I'm insane," I warned."Already thinking it. Keep going."I took a breath. "What if I told you that I've already lived through this? That I mated Asher tomorrow, lived with him for eighteen months, and died?"Lena stared at me. "That's... Kira, that doesn't make sense.""I know." I pressed my hands to my temples, where my wolf was still howling. "But I remember it. All of it. The mating ceremony. Moving to his pack house. Getting pregnant. And then – " My voice cracked. "The miscarriage. Dying on his bedroom

"You," Rowan said again, his voice rough. "It's you."I couldn't speak. The mate bond was singing between us, so strong I could almost see it – a golden thread connecting us.My wolf was howling. Finally. Our mate. OURS.But he wasn't mine. He couldn't be. Because tomorrow, I was supposed to stand at an altar and let another man mark me."Kira." Lena's hand on my arm. "What's going on? You know him?""No. I've never met him."But my wolf knew him. Had known him the moment I caught his scent."Then why – " Lena looked between us, understanding dawning. "Oh no. That's a mate pull. But you can't – you're mating Asher tomorrow – ""I know."Rowan took a step forward, then stopped. His hands were clenched into fists, every muscle tense."We need to talk," he said, voice controlled but edged. "Privately.""That's not a good idea.""I don't care." The words surprised me, but they were true. I'd died once already. What did scandal matter compared to that?I followed him to the forest line, ig