The Alpha's Bullied Mate: Breaking the Seal (Paranormal Fated Mate Werewolf Shifter Romance Book Three)

By Anna Kendra

Freya Walker is a woman who just wants to disappear from the world. Her mother died during childbirth, leaving her at the mercy of her treacherous, gambler and alcoholic father who loves to abuse her. Her fellow students in high school despise her for no reason and she is often harassed at her work. She would rather end her life than spend another miserable day on this planet. The only thing holding her back is her little brother. But her life is about to change completely as Cameron MacGyver, the schools most popular bad boy and the future Alpha imprints on her.

Suddenly, Freya is sucked into the world of the supernatural where she finds a sense of belonging for the first time in her life. But Freya’s trust has been broken several times and she fears to trust again, let alone love. How can she accept the fact that the boy who had tormented her all through high school was suddenly obsessed with her? Will she give love a chance or will she end up just like her mother, broken and destroyed and six feet under.

This is book 3 of the series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BestNovel
• Release date: Mar 15, 2024

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Chapter 79 Not His First

Freya's P.O.V

Sarah!

Sarah! I ran after her to catch up to her long strides. Sarah wait…please! Slow down.

God, I was really out of shape! I needed to exercise more. I had run after her for like, two minutes and I was already panting. Finally (thankfully), Sarah came to a stop so suddenly that I almost ran into her back.

There you go, I spoke in the middle of panting. Now…can we please sit down? So we can talk about it?

Goodness gracious! How could the girl walk so fast in those heels!

How could he, Freya! Sarah yelled, whirling around to face me as her hair flew back from her face. How could he not wait for me? I waited, didn't I?

That had me raising my eyebrows. Well, I didn't actually doubt her, but ever since Cameron told me about staying a virgin, I had gotten a vague idea that Sarah had followed the same path. However, I wasn't the only person who misunderstood her relationship with Cameron.

Well…a lot of people assumed that you were with Cameron too. I told her sheepishly. I thought so too, honestly. It was before Cameron told me the truth…

Why? Sarah snapped. Why does every bloody person just keep assuming that Cameron and I slept together? Can't a boy and a girl just be bloody friends? It makes me regret the fact that we didn't just fuck each other and gotten it over with!

I knew what she said wasn't personal…she was just angry at Darcia, at her own mate for not remaining faithful to her…but still, it hurt to listen to her. It hurt to even think of her and Cameron together now.

Sarah must have realized her mistake as well, because she cursed under her breath and placed a hand on my shoulder. I'm sorry, Freya. She apologized. It's not what I meant…I'm not…I was never attracted to Cameron like that…I'm just…

Frustrated? I get that. I shook my head. It's just the thought of Cameron with someone else just feels…wrong. Which is why I get where you're coming from, with Darcia. I don't think he's a bad person…he just, made a different choice.

Until I knew that Cameron had never had sex…I had assumed the same as everyone else. That Cameron and Sarah were dating and were in a serious relationship. I guess she was right. When a girl and a boy are friends, people always assume there's more to their friendship than what it seemed.

I'm sorry, Sarah shook her head. I'm being completely irrational, aren't I?

No, of course not! I took her hands in mine. You had certain expectations from your mate and that's normal. If you wanted to have a relationship with someone, you very well could have. But you didn't because it had been your choice. And from what I got about Katherine, the girl that just caused all that fuss…I think she really had feelings for Darcia as well.

I never expected for something like this to happen, Freya. I'm just…speechless. Sarah looked down, her eyes glazed over. I never imagined I'd run into my mate's ex-girlfriend, who'll blame me! Did you see the way she reacted? I felt like it was all my fault!

Well, think of this from her perspective, I tried to reason with Sarah. I think the girl is human and she probably had a really serious relationship with Darcia. So if Darcia had dumped her after finding his mate…she feels wronged because she probably doesn't have any idea why he broke up with her in the first place.

For her it would feel like…everything was going great, perfect even…and then her boyfriend suddenly gets all distant and is no longer in love with her. And then suddenly…he breaks up. If something similar happened to me, when I was still unknown to the supernatural world, I would be disappointed and jealous when I saw my ex with someone else.

Sarah bit down her lower lip, thinking about what I told her. Sometimes it was easy to forget that the world didn't have any clue about the existence of the supernatural, about the world where the gods and goddesses have destined mates for us and a way that those mates can track us down. Humans have mates too, but no way of finding out for certain.

If humans could find their mates just like the supernatural…so many lives could have a different outcome. So many people wouldn't suffer at the hands of the wrong partner, before they finally found ‘the one'.

Alright. Sarah sighed. I'll talk to him. Try to sort things out.

I'm glad. I gave her a smile. Shall we go back now?

Yes.

Hand in hand, Sarah and I began walking back the short distance back to the café, to sort out not just her and Darcia's relationship problems, but mine too. It was high time Cameron and I had a talk as well.

*

Cameron's P.O.V

As fun as it was watching Darcia squirm and be miserable over Sarah, I didn't exactly blame him. It was his choice to sleep with another girl before he found his mate. If he didn't regret spending some intimate moments with another girl who wasn't his mate, then who was I to blame him? After all, both parties had consented to the relationship.

Was she the only one? I raised my eyebrows at him.

No. Darcia lowered his head, refusing to meet my eyes.

Wow. You really wanted that player tag, didn't you? I leaned back in my chair, to take a sip of my coffee.

I don't care about stupid tags, Cameron, he narrowed his eyes as he turned to look at me. I had two girls that I dated in my life, who I genuinely had feelings for. My first girlfriend, Avery, transferred out only four months after we started dating. I was sixteen and she went to New York and we broke it off before she left. I met Katharine seven months later and we dated for almost a year as well, until I turned eighteen and found out she wasn't my mate. I broke up with her after I found out about Sarah.

Look, I decided to put him out of his misery. I'm not the one you need to explain this to. Talk to Sarah. I know she's mad that she wasn't your first, but if you were genuine about your feelings for both Avery and Katherine, then just explain that to her.

I know it was genuine…but it's nothing like the mating bond. Darcia told me.

Nothing is ever like the mating bond. I corrected.

You waited, didn't you? It wasn't exactly a question. It must have taken some strength to not give in to temptation.

It doesn't require strength, Darcia, it's a matter of choice. I told him simply. I had the will power to wait for my mate, because I cared about Sarah as a friend and in case she didn't end up being my mate, there wouldn't be any hard feelings between us. Our friendship was much more valuable to me. You made a different choice.

And now all I can hope is that Sarah understands those choices. Darcia leaned back in his chair, running a hand through his hair in frustration.

Yeah…for his sake, I hoped Sarah understood as well…before whooping his ass back to next Sunday.

Chapter 80 Kiss and Make up?

Sarah's P.O.V

I'm not forgiving you. I glared at Darcia, not even bothering to hide my hostility. You didn't even break up with her when you found out she wasn't your mate!

I did, I swear! Darcia pleaded, running his hands through his long black hair in frustration. I broke up with her a week after I turned eighteen!

A week, huh? I raised my eyebrows at him. A week?

My wolf growled inside my head, clearly just as upset as I was at our mate. In fact, my wolf had been pissed off as soon as I laid eyes on that Katharine girl.

We were in a relationship, Sarah! I couldn't just leave her without so much of an explanation! Darcia sighed. What would you have done in my place? What if you were the one who had a relationship before finding out that I was your mate?

My wolf quietened down at the thought of that; frowning.

You would've accepted that? I questioned seriously. You would have accepted that without any questions?

Yes! Because you're my mate! Darcia said. I don't get this whole fuss about virginity, seriously! Since when is staying pure just for your mate a determining factor of the bond a person will share with their mate? If you think I did something wrong, I'm sorry. I sincerely apologize for my decision. But I can't be insincere about the people I dated either, Sarah. That will taint the relationship I had with Katherine before I met you.

Was I really being that unreasonable? Was I demeaning his previous relationship just to validate mine? I didn't want to do that…but when it came to Darcia, I started feeling irrationally possessive. I wanted him to have the same experience with me that I would have with him.

But now that I was thinking about them over in my head…I was starting to realize that I wasn't just acting unreasonable…but like a spoilt brat as well. Everyone has their own past, and I'm pretty sure Darcia had probably been under the impression that Cameron and I had been a couple too.

I'm sorry, Darcia said now, coming to stand in front of me. I didn't mean to upset you in any way. You're my ‘mate', Sarah. There will never be any comparison or competition between you or any other person in my life. You're the other half of my soul, chosen by the Goddess herself. You are the most special woman in my life.

Now he had me blushing and feeling like a million butterflies were soaring in my stomach. And I felt utterly stupid for making such a fuss earlier…

Come on, Darcia leaned down till he was my height so he could look into my face. I know you want to say something…

No… I puffed my cheeks stubbornly.

Yes… Darcia smirked.

I sighed. I might as well, right? I didn't…I absolutely didn't want to apologize for being wrong, but since Darcia apologized to me and gave me such sweet compliments, I now owed him an apology as well.

Fine. I said grumpily. I'm-

I wasn't able to finish the sentence because I was cut off by Darcia's warm, soft lips pressing onto mine…and it immediately made me forget everything else.

Previously, whenever I had seen this in movies, I would get super irritated; especially when