All Chapters of A broken Mate: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

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You're not allowed to reject me

Sarah's POV The night air hit me the moment I stepped outside the grand entrance, cool and razor-sharp against my flushed cheeks, carrying the faint metallic tang of rain that had been threatening since dusk. It sliced through the heavy silence of the mansion’s interior like a blade, chasing away the suffocating weight of Bryce’s presence and the lingering alpha scent that still clung to my skin—clean pine mixed with something darker, forged steel, and the unmistakable shadow of control. For a single, treacherous heartbeat, I stood at the top of the wide stone steps, letting the breeze tug at the loose strands of my hair that had escaped my braid. Freedom. Not real. But close enough to taste, to pretend that the decision I’d made in that dining hall—accepting the bond, even if only by Bryce’s decree—could somehow be mine alone.Then the bond pulsed.Not a distant flutter this time. Not the faint ember I’d tried to douse. This was a searing, insistent tug, low in my belly and radiati

Stay close to me.

The pain was sharp, grounding, but it only made the bond pull tighter, pulling me closer across the seat until our knees brushed. His voice was low, almost intimate, but the cruelty was there in every syllable. “Because I don’t want this. I don’t want a bond controlling me like some pathetic pup. I don’t want to wake up one day and realize I’m making decisions because some stupid pull told me to. I don’t want to be weak.”My throat tightened, the words he’d spoken the night before echoing in my mind—the ones that had made me curl up in pain. “And me?” I whispered, my voice cracking despite my best efforts. “What am I in this? Just a means to an end you refuse to accept?”He turned then, fully. His eyes locked onto mine, intense, searching, but there was no warmth in them. Only cold calculation, the alpha mask slipping just enough to reveal the cruelty beneath. “You’re part of it,” he said, his tone flat, detached, as if I were a burden rather than the woman whose soul he’d claimed. “T

This must be your new mate

Sarah's POV The moment my heels clicked against the gravel driveway, the noise of the gathering estate crashed over me like a tidal wave—voices layered in a chaotic symphony of laughter, boasting, and raw dominance, glasses clinking like defiant challenges against the night sky, the low thrum of bass-heavy music vibrating through the ground and straight into my bones. The air itself was alive with alpha scent: thick, acrid layers of sweat, whiskey, pine smoke, and the metallic bite of territorial power, saturating every breath until my lungs burned with the effort to pull in something—anything—without choking on it. My body, still raw from the car ride, rebelled immediately, the fresh ache in my ankle flaring with every step, a sharp reminder of Hunter’s grip that made me wince and nearly stumble. But I pushed through, heels digging into the gravel like anchors, refusing to give him the satisfaction of seeing weakness.And then the bond pulled.Harder.Like invisible chains snapping

Come here

Hunter didn’t respond immediately. Didn’t introduce me. Didn’t even look at me, his gaze fixed somewhere over her shoulder like I was furniture. Instead, his hand came down on my lower back.Firm.Claiming.The touch was possessive, heavy, his palm splaying wide to press me closer against him until there was no space between our bodies. I felt the heat of him through the thin fabric of my dress, the bond surging in response with a rush of unwanted heat that made my knees weak. My breath hitched audibly.“She is,” he said finally, voice flat, cold, devoid of warmth. No name. No acknowledgment beyond ownership. Just a statement of fact, like declaring a territory.The woman’s smile tightened just a fraction, her perfectly arched brows rising. “Interesting choice,” she murmured, eyes flicking to me again with open disdain. “The girl who limps like she’s half-dead. And here you are, parading her like some trophy you can’t even bring yourself to speak to.”My hands clenched at my sides, th

Just a girl

Sarah's POV "Come here."The sound of my name—soft, steady, and utterly controlled—cut through the crowded hall like a blade through silk, slicing through the layered chaos of laughter, clinking glasses, and low alpha growls. It reached deeper than Hunter’s iron grip ever had, pulling at the frayed edges of my sanity with a precision that made my chest tighten and my knees threaten to buckle. For one treacherous second, I didn’t move. The bond inside me exploded into violent, chaotic pulses—two alphas colliding in my veins, his raw possessive fire and Bryce’s calm, unyielding authority twisting together until I felt like I was being torn apart from the inside. It wasn’t just instinct anymore. It was pressure. Two forces yanking at every thread of my soul, one dragging me back toward the man who had claimed me in cruelty and the other anchoring me toward the alpha who refused to let me fall.Hunter went still beside me.Not relaxed. Not calm. Still as a predator deciding whether to s

I was burning brighter

The word stung more than it should have. I held his gaze anyway, refusing to shrink, even as the bond pulsed again—conflicted, torn, pulling me toward Hunter across the room and anchoring me here beside Bryce. Bryce didn’t miss it. He simply took a slow breath, his presence expanding just enough to remind everyone in range exactly who he was. This is Sarah, he said smoothly, his tone leaving no room for dismissal. My son’s bonded mate.The correction landed.Subtle. But powerful.The elder’s brows lifted slightly, reassessing, the calculating glint in his eyes flickering with something that might have been respect… or calculation. I see. Do you? Because I wasn’t sure I did. The elder’s gaze swept over me again, slower this time—not openly cruel like Elena’s had been, but no less critical. She looks… untrained. He paused, choosing his words carefully, each syllable measured like a chess move. My jaw tightened until it ached. I could feel the stares from the crowd pressing in, the subtl

Don't touch me

Sarah's POV The moment the last echo of Bryce’s words settled into the charged air like smoke from a dying fire, I knew I needed space. Not because I was weak. Not because the alpha inside me feared the fire. But because if I stayed between them—between Hunter’s suffocating, possessive dominance and Bryce’s calculated, relentless control—I was going to snap. The bond inside me was a live wire, humming with both their scents, their pulls, their conflicting powers twisting until my ribs felt too tight, my vision too sharp. Hunter’s cold cruelty pressed against my skin like a blade I refused to drop, while Bryce’s steady presence offered safety and something I didn’t dare name. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t think. I just needed to breathe. “I need a moment,” I said quietly, not looking at either of them. My voice came out steadier than I felt, but my heart was hammering against my ribs like it wanted out. My ankle throbbed in time with it, a sharp reminder of his grip from earlier,

Keep your hands to yourself

My voice cut through the room—sharp, lethal, echoing off the tiles. But he didn’t back off. If anything, his grin widened, teeth flashing in the dim light. “Relax,” he said, raising his hands slightly but not stepping back, invading my space deliberately. “Just being friendly. You’re alone in here. No one to stop me. Hunter’s too busy playing alpha with his father, right? And you’re just… waiting.” My stomach twisted into knots. Raven surged inside me, not soft anymore. Not gentle. Show him. My pulse spiked violently, the bond flaring like wildfire—reacting, sensing threat, pulling every instinct to the surface like claws breaking through skin. The air in the washroom thickened, the faint lavender scent clashing with the beta’s greasy musk. “I said—” His hand shot out again. Grabbing my wrist. Hard. Wrong. So wrong. And that was it. I didn’t think. I reacted. My other hand came up fast, shoving him back with more force than I realized I had. He stumbled a step, surprise

You're hurt

Sarah's POV The crack echoed louder this time.Not just through the washroom—Through me.Bone.It wasn’t subtle. It wasn’t imagined. It was sharp, sickening, final—like the sound of a branch snapping under too much weight. The beta’s scream tore out of his throat, raw and broken, a sound that didn’t even feel human anymore. It scraped against the marble walls, against my ears, against something deep inside my chest that twisted and recoiled. But Hunter didn’t flinch. Not even a fraction. If anything—his grip tightened. His fingers dug deeper into the man’s throat, tendons in his hand standing out like steel cords, lifting him higher until his feet kicked uselessly in the air. The beta’s shoes scraped against the tiled wall, leaving faint dark streaks as he struggled, choking, clawing, failing. His face had gone from red to purple, eyes bulging, saliva trailing from the corner of his mouth as he fought for air that wouldn’t come.Hunter didn’t blink.Didn’t breathe right.Didn’t hesi

The leash was gone

Still threaded with that growl, like it lived in his throat now. I blinked, my thoughts scrambling to catch up. The adrenaline was still rushing through me, my wrist throbbing where the beta’s fingers had dug in, the faint redness already darkening into bruises. “I’m fine,” I said automatically, the words slipping out before I could stop them.But even as I said it—My wrist throbbed.Hunter’s eyes dropped instantly.Locked onto it.The faint redness.The imprint of fingers beginning to darken into bruises.And just like that—Something inside him snapped again.But this time—It didn’t explode outward.It folded inward.Condensed.Sharpened.His jaw clenched so tightly I heard the faint grind of teeth. The air around him shifted, his scent spiking violently—dark, suffocating, like smoke and burning metal. Not wild. Not chaotic. Focused. Lethal. The cold cruelty that had marked every word he’d thrown at me all night had fractured completely, splintering into something raw, feral, like

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