Page 6 of A Mate Betrayed

“I’m sorry your moon-fated mate turned out to be a dickhead.I’m here if you need to vent.”

Kinleigh blinked back tears, her appetite suddenly taking a nosedive.“I’m only glad I found out about his real motives before I got the mate mark.”

“Me too.”

“He accepted my rejection, but now I have this hollowness inside.”Kinleigh tapped over her heart.“There are no second-chance mates, so that bastard took away my future.”

“You can find a chosen mate,” Payton said softly.She reached out and took hold of her hand.“You don’t have to be alone.”

“I know,” Kinleigh said sadly.“But I won’t have children.My pack won’t have an heir.”

“I think it’s dumb not allowing a woman to be alpha.”Payton scowled.“Jericho and I have already talked about this.If we have only girls, he has no problem training a daughter to be alpha heir.”

“I might have alpha blood, but I don’t have alpha power,” Kinleigh admitted.“Truthfully, I was never interested in ruling anyway.My dad said he has some people in mind that he can vet, so I guess we’ll see.”

“You could turn it into a reality show.Each week a contestant gets voted off the island.”

“That’s an awesome idea.”Kinleigh chuckled.“It just sucks that I had this idea of my future, and in five minutes it was ripped out from under me.How do I move on?Where do I go from here?It’s not like there’s a dating app for chosen mates.”

Payton reached out and grasped her hand.“If you’d like, we can stop by the apothecary and see if Savannah has anything to mend your heart.”

“What can human medicine do?”

Payton’s eyes widened as she leaned closer.“She’s an Other.”

Kinleigh frowned.“A what?”

“Apparently, there are a lot of magical creatures out there, and wolves aren’t at the top of the food chain.She’s an Enchantress.”

“I ...have no idea what that means or what to say.”

“Come on,” Payton said as she pulled out some money and laid it on the table.“Let’s see if Savannah has any suggestions.”

Chapter Three

The moment she steppedinto the apothecary, Kinleigh’s mouth dropped open.Dried herbs hung from the ceiling.All different types of bottles lined the shelves.She saw charms, candles, incense, jewelry, and knickknacks interspersed with ibuprofen, toothpaste, and tampons.It was truly a mix of modern drugstore and metaphysical.

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