Two Mates: One Choice Novels & Stories

Zachary asks, sitting back down to set up the new protocol for the guards. Janice looks between her children before stepping in their eye line and clapping her hands. “Sorry, Mom,” Sebastian says, shaking his head. “You two better start to understand that the mate bond will pull you. Neither of you has a trauma or anything to pull you away. So you two had best figure out how to exist together. It’s happening, you two will end up together, if you like it or not. Submitting, fighting, killing each other, kicking and screaming, in the end the mate bond is going to win,” Janice tells them.

Right before my mating ceremony, I drank the glass of milk my mother had brought me. It didn’t take long for my consciousness to slip away. When I opened my eyes, I found myself locked inside a basement, a silver lock barring the door. Shifting, I threw myself against the door desperately, even when my flesh was torn and bloody. At last, I broke free. I dragged my broken body to the ceremony, only to find my adopted sister, Maeve, standing on the altar in a gown far more extravagant than mine. My mate—the one who had my heart—placed the Luna crown that was meant for me on Maeve’s head. Maeve sank into my mate’s embrace, her frame fragile. “Ulric, I feel like I’m dreaming. I’m

He takes me back to the car and drives to the hotel like a crazy person. He didn’t even grab our freaking over-night bags, but I don't care that much. All I know is we're mates. Chosen mates, at that. Our wolves chose each other because they felt our love leaking onto them. It's so fucking sweet and honestly, perfect for us.

His expression fell, and he lowered his head like my words had knocked the breath out of him. “Do you like him?” I finally asked, breaking the awkward silence. He didn’t answer right away. He just kept staring at the floor like he was waiting for it to swallow him whole. I was about to apologize for pushing too far when he muttered, “It’s not really a question. We are mates.” “You can still be mates and not fully be fated for each other,” I said, folding my arms. “Isn’t that why mate rejection now exists? So you’re not stuck with someone forever just because some bond says so. Unlike the past.”

"We can put you through plenty of it... without actually rejecting you." His words froze the air in my lungs. I looked from him to Alex—searching for mercy—but Alex's expression was unreadable. Lucas's, however, was pure menace. He wanted me to suffer. He was going to use the mate bond to make sure I did. And before I could react, another voice broke through the tension. "Why are you excluding me from the fun, brother?" Michael. My eyes snapped toward the sound just as he stepped into the light. When our gazes met, the air shifted again—another spark, another bond snapping tight inside my chest.

The force of my blow cracked the table. “Because right now, my feelings don’t matter. Sapphire, you know Vexia came to me with intent and not loyalty. Vexia's father is the one who poisoned me, and you expect me to welcome a snake into my bed?” Sapphire flinched but didn’t back down. “She’s your mate, Alpha, she is your true soul mate,” Sapphire said to me with all respect. My wolf, Thunder, stirred instantly at these words. She is our mate. He growled in my head.

“What? You put on a big-hearted act and then test me behind my back? I knew it. You’re jealous. Of course, you’d be angry. Remember, you're mine. If I won't dance with you, then no one else will.” I wrenched my arm free and stared at him coldly. “Glen, show some respect. Who I dance with is my business.” He laughed again, but there was a threatening edge to it. “Iris, you’ve always dreamed of being my mate and wanted me to be yours. And now you tell me I don’t get a say? Don’t provoke me, little one. If we become mates, I’ll make you regret crossing me today.” “Who said I was going to choose you?” I cut him off, each word deliberate.

They will surely wish that they were dead instead of alive now. “I love you babe. I know you got this !” Jax mindlinked through the mate mindlink !!! Oh my God ! We are truly TRUE MATES !! He used the mate link ! “I love you more, baby,” I replied back while giggling through the mate link. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

“It was just weird being so close to him. I’m not really sure how to explain it.” “Do you feel the mate bond with him like you do with Xaden?” She asked. I nodded. “Yes,” I answered, biting my lower lip. “But it doesn’t matter. I made my choice.” “Because you don’t know your other mates,” Penny reminded me. “You chose Xaden because you knew him first and you actually got to talk to him. But what if you decide you like one of the others better? Or maybe all of them.” I snapped her a look, my eyes large with shock from her words.

She fixed her eyes on Cory’s side face and asked, “Is that true, Cory? You really told her that? We are mates for the Moon Goddess’s sake! How could you-” “Dragons don’t do the mate thing,” Lennie interrupted her rudely, “Mate bond is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. We dragons won’t allow anything or anyone to choose partners for us. We just choose whoever we like and be with them.” She curled up her lips to a snooty smile, and then looked at Cory. “Isn’t it, sweetie? You proposed to me in the same season. You don’t buy the mate thing either. Compared with your allegedly fated mate, it’s me you truly love.”