The Alpha and the Mistake
“The mate bond isn’t something to be played with. Do not think for a second that you’re fooling anyone claiming that... person is your mate, especially when he’s not made his claim on you after all this time. I would’ve thought your father taught you better than this.”
The condescending tone of his voice made me tense in anger. “You are a friend of my father’s and I have given you the leniencies of such, but never accuse me of lying again, especially about my mate!”
“You can’t blame me, Alice,” Steven said, a strange note in his voice. Perhaps my demand had surprised him. I realized I had made none to him before. “You’re under so much pressure for being unmated then suddenly you have a mate