Not yours to reject
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"I reject you, fatass."
Dean Ashcroft says it laughing, in front of the whole pack, on the night the Moon Goddess herself picked them as mates. He doesn't even flinch. Just walks away and leaves Delaney Reeves standing there with a broken bond and a room full of people snickering behind their hands.
She's done crying by the time she gets home. She's not the type. She goes quiet instead, and quiet means she's already leaving.
She gets two steps off the porch before Dean grabs her arm hard enough to bruise. His mate isn't going anywhere, he growls, like he has any right to say that now.
That's when the real bond hits her. Not with Dean. With the stranger standing on the porch, a