Ship Shipmate Self Novels & Stories

What are you talking about, Niylah? I swallowed deeply as the gravity of what I said now hit me. "Liam, you're my second mate." He blinked in surprise. For one second, he looked as though he couldn't make sense of the words. "What… What do you mean, second mate? "I had two mates," I said, my heart racing with every word. "You're one of them, Liam. And it's only recently clicked. I wanted to tell you so much sooner, but with Ivory manipulating you and everything else that's been going on." My voice trailed off, but I held his gaze, willing him to see the sincerity in my eyes.

I could feel her staring at me, her gaze heavy with questions, but I didn't look up. I didn't acknowledge her presence beyond the slight shift in my posture to ensure we didn't touch. When we arrived at the dock, the Siren’s Rest dominated the horizon. It was a massive white beast of a ship. Shawn let out a low whistle as he stepped out of the second car. "Okay," Shawn said, grinning. "This is a floating billionaire ego if I've ever seen one." I ignored him, walking past Delia without a word, my pace brisk as I boarded the gangway. The captain bowed his head.

“Weak. Powerless. I didn’t ask to be his mate. I didn’t ask for any of this!” His expression softened. “You’re not nothing. If you were, he wouldn’t be afraid of you.” I blinked back tears. “Afraid of me?” “You carry something he can’t control,” Rowan said. “You’re his mate. That bond makes you dangerous in ways he can’t admit.” I covered my face. I didn’t want to cry, but the tears came anyway. Rowan sat beside me, silent. After a while, I took a shaky breath. “I’m Maya.”

I cut myself off, shooting my mother a surprised look. She smiled sheepishly, tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear. "I didn’t think it mattered," she said lightly. "Theo is just…Theo to me." Theo chuckled. "Yes Celeste, I am the Alpha here." His voice was smooth. “I hope that won’t be a problem.” A problem? I shook my head quickly. “No, not at all. This is just very unexpected. Theo’s dimple deepened again as if he found my reaction amusing. “You’ll get used to it.”

Right now, my focus was the children. Earlier, you said Mate—what does that mean? I remembered Cece calling them that. “It means they are your perfect match; the other half of your soul. Every shifter is gifted a mate. Some find theirs early, some later in life, and some never do. You have four. They’re meant to be your best friends, lovers, protectors. They will challenge you and push you to be the best version of yourself, and you will do the same for them.” “Four?”

Judging by all the wanton adventures he has been through - a threesome sounds by far the most sage-like thing. But they are humans, and they do not certainly have to worry about their mates showing up one day. One day where every bond of love outside the mate bond renders so weak that it snaps first the heart - then the neck. And Aeric, he certainly isn't and never will be serious with someone. At least in this lifetime. I close my eyes, as a small shudder of memory passes through me. My best friend the future beta of the pack hanged himself because his girlfriend found her mate. And just like everyone knows the bond had played its magic so strong and soon that all we found of him was snappe

"your mate has been dead long ago, why don't you try begging the moon goddess to mate you once again. You know it's difficult to live alone" Lara, a member of the rogue pack and his best friend suggested him. Marcellus looked at her and then sighed. No one will ever understand the pain of losing a mate until one experiences. She was her first love and he lost her in a battle with Picaro pack. They were vicious alphas and betas, a pack of werewolves whom he hated most. And yet they killed a Lycans mate.

My heart was shattered, my wolf was destroyed, my life ripped away from me as he turned, walked away, left me there to suffer alone, just like everyone else ever had. I didn't just lose someone, I lost my mate, my fated, but I lost my friend, the wolf I was coming to love, those single moments I cherished so much these last couple months just to be thrown away, tossed hours away like the trash I truly am to those pack members, to that Alpha.

And her mate" my face flushed with blood as North said it out loud. Whatttttttttttttt? I have a mate and it's North Hale. I'm still wrapping my head around it. "What the fuck?" Mason looked like he was about to attack North, "You touch my sister and I will kill you. Alpha or no Alpha." "Oh he hasn't touched her, not even marked her" sir I said. "You can't come between mate bonds, you know that right?" Lynch said. "Mason" Sir Fredrick began, "Jessica is North's mate and the Luna of Cresent pack" he said slowly, turning his face to me as he smiled warmly. "I'm a what?."

Seedlings gave us hope for a future at safehold. My mother stood beside me, excited almost. As if she couldn't wait to pay an old friend a visit. Some crew members stayed behind to help rebuild homes, while some would depart permanently at Rapier Port. Bittersweet, but I understood. I didn't know if Charles would be in Rapier Port, but as we pulled beside the pier, I saw a sparkling and brand new ship with the flag of a heart outlined in a ribcage. The Bone Heart. As I said, predictable.