Shattered Bonds: A Second Chance Mate Novels & Stories

My skin prickles at the information he gives me and I feel an undying need to read the book. “The second chance mate bond…” I say, trying to act surprised. “Most people believe it to be a rumor.” Artemis laughs and shakes his head. “They happen, but rarely. It’s how the bond is acknowledged which makes it hard to come across your second chance mate. There is no touch and feel sparks, no scenting them when you find them. The bond allows you to fall in love first. Once both people admit they love each other, there is room for the bond to show itself IF they are second chance mates. My grandparents were second chance mates.”

Think. In my first timeline, the engagement had proceeded smoothly. I had been so desperate to save my family, so blinded by Richard's manufactured charm, that I walked willingly into the trap. The marriage happened six months later. The abuse started on the wedding night. But I also remembered something else—something that happened two years into the marriage. Richard's competitor, Marcus Zhao, had nearly destroyed the Ashford empire with a single business deal. Richard had spent millions recovering from that blow, and he never saw it coming.

She probably wouldn't have gone as far as severing the mate bond if there had been anything worth fighting over. After the call, Kaden slipped into deep despair. His mind flew back to her haunting words. "I will walk away and never come back if you ever betray our mate bond." At the time, Kaden had merely uttered with a smile, "You can run, but you can never hide from me. I have the power to shut down the entire territory, and that includes every human airport and train station. So long as you walk this earth as Seraphina, I will never let you leave me."

And yet he was going to take Charlotte, leaving me to pick up the pieces once our bond was truly gone. In just a few days, the thread between Charlotte and me, already half-dead and fraying, would be severed completely. She would belong to Kieran in every way that mattered, and I would be left here with the pain of the rejection. The only thing that would protect me from spending the rest of my life in misery was finding a second chance mate. Someone fated, someone new, someone who could close the wound and cure me with a new bond. But second chance mates weren’t easy to find. So far, I hadn’t received one. But maybe that would change once my bond with Charlotte was truly severed.

“But your Beta told me what happened. How are you holding up?” I looked at her, dumbfounded, as she poured tea into the empty cup and slid it across the table toward me. What could I say? I was shattered. I had barely found my mate, and even though she had been adamant in her rejection of me, the breaking of our bond had nearly destroyed me. I wasn’t even sure how I had survived, that was unheard of among marked mates. I plopped into the empty chair, accepting the tea as I considered my next words.

Maybe I would discover I was more than an Omega. Or maybe I would just be disappointed again. I wiped my tears and returned to work. There were floors to scrub, meals to prepare, a life of servitude to resume. This was my reality. I had no idea that in twenty-four hours, everything would shatter. I had no idea that Kieran Blackthorn was about to destroy me in ways I could not imagine. And I had no idea that the mate bond, when it snapped into place , would feel like both salvation and damnation wrapped in the same cruel gift.

"You're safe now. I'm going to take care of you. I'm going to fix this." Fix what? Fix my broken heart? Fix the mate bond that had been severed? My chest tightened, a wave of bitter emptiness washing over me. The mate bond, that aching, raw emptiness was all I could feel now. It was the same as when it shattered, when I knew he was gone from me. But now it was deeper and heavier, as if the world had carved out a part of me I'd never get back. Nothing could fix that. Nothing could…

But she wrote something that broke the little trust I had left in Carys. It was about two mates who were forced to reject one another because one of them was a lycan and the other a werewolf. Usually rejection is the end of mates, but their story didn’t tragically end there. It had a happy ending because they were able to rebound. Yes. They restored their mate bond using some ancient magic and live far away from the cruelty of the world. Mother says she will make this miracle come true for me. Today, I want to believe in such a miracle. To restore my mate bond with Kian and Zarek. To be their mate again. At least I won’t feel this haunting void inside me. At least I would know we are still c

Shattered Bonds The woods were quiet, but inside Evandra, there was only screaming. Each step was agony, her lungs still raw from sobbing, her body trembling as though every bone in her had cracked and splintered. The mate bond’s severing left her hollow, yet heavy—an emptiness that pressed against her chest until she could hardly breathe. She stumbled over roots and branches, shredded pieces of fabric from her night gown torn and dull beneath the silver wash of moonlight. She pressed a hand to her chest as if she could hold the bond there, keep it from unraveling further, but it was gone. He had ripped it away.

I see Sev clutching Case’s thigh under the table, Case’s hand gripping him back. Rin grabs Chloe’s hand so that Chloe looks at her. “Chloe, this isn’t about you. You wouldn’t be pulling us apart. That’s my fault. I broke the bond and Selene did what she does. She took care of us. I have my own second chance mates that I’ll meet in a few days. If we end this, it isn’t because of you. We end this because we recognize that we’re no longer good for each other.” “Why do you need second chance mates though? I don’t get it. I mean, even though the bond was severed, you’re feeling things now, right?” Slade asks.