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“Get your furry fat ass down here. Cats tried to mess with Dina. She’s alone now. I can’t—she doesn’t want me there. But she shouldn’t be alone.”

Instant change.

The Bear’s tone sharpens like steel.

“What happened? Where are you?”

“I—I fucked up, Horace.”

The words tear right out of me, honest and raw.

“I’ll make it right. I have to. But she asked me to leave, and I won’t disrespect her like that.”

I swallow hard, biting back everything breaking inside me.

“She shouldn’t be alone. Just please, man. Get down here.”

Silence on the other end for a beat.

Then Horace sighs heavily, all Bear gruffness but maybe a little sympathy buried in there too.

“I’m on it. But fix your shit, Doug. Fated mates aren’t forever unless you fight for them.”

“I know,” I whisper. “And I will. I swear I will.”

I hang up, lean back against the ruined brick wall, and let the reality crash down on me in full.

I lost her.

Only for now, my Wolf supplies.

And he’s right.

Because this isn’t the end.

Not for me.

Not for us.

No matter how hard I have to fight, through fear, her anger, and my own bullshit, I’m going to make her believe in us again.

I have to.

Because she’s not just my fated mate.

She’s everything.

Chapter 20

Dina

Early the next morning, I am back at Pizza Girls.

I couldn’t sleep all night.

Yes, it’s because of the shambles my life is currently in.

And yeah, maybe I spent a good hour last night trolling through the Date to Mate app’s review section, looking for other mistakes and only finding thank you posts and reviewers raving about how awesome the app is.

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