Page 6 of Delivered to My Shadow Unicorn Alphas

“When did you do all of this?” I asked, picking up my phone and seeing the new icon.

“Yesterday.”

Maybe I was still dreaming. “You downloaded this app, signed up, and found a mate for not only you but us in one day? I’ve been underestimating you.”

He chuckled. “I couldn’t believe it myself. I was on the app only a few hours. She was the first person we matched with. I saw her and…”

“Amber? Did I remember that correctly?” I asked.

“Get on the app. I thought it was a fluke. Maybe even a mistake but, when I signed you up, she was the first match for you as well.”

I sat on the stool and brought up the app. The icon at the top said I had new notifications and the first one was a match—Amber. “She’s beautiful.” I scrolled through her profile, not believing it myself.

“And smart and interesting and…”

Mate.

My unicorn whispered the notion. The word was muttered so quietly that I barely noticed the sound. “This all could be a farce, Juven. Is this even real?”

That was me, always the doubting one.

“I checked out the app. It’s legit. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of relationships that started on this app.”

“Did you google her pic? What if it’s one of those catfishing situations?”

Juven sighed and took the biscuits from the oven. We were desperate to find a mate or mates, but we couldn’t just jump into something that would only break our hearts.

Our unicorns were desperate. That was all.

“Shaman, it’s real. Amber is real.”

“Okay, let’s say she is. What do we do now?”

“We send her a message. I’ve been holding off because she wanted two mates.”

Two mates. The female knew what she wanted. I liked that. Still, I had reservations. Maybe this would go no further than a few messages.

“There’s no one else I would ever trust with my mate but you. Go on. Send her a message.”

“You have to as well.”

I scoffed. “Okay. Let’s make this happen.”

We got on the app and sent her messages, but the doubt lingered. I wanted it to be real. Amber was stunning and seemed smart. And then there was the thing about my animal speaking to me.

I sure hoped this didn’t get our hopes up and then break our hearts.

Chapter Six

Amber

I woke late the next morning, having been awake in the middle of the night. As I lay in bed watching the sun filter through the leaves of the tree outside my window, the previous evening seemed like a dream. A dating app showing up on my phone for no reason, could have been a scam. After all, the internet was one big ad for anything and everything.

I’d have just blocked it and moved on with life if I hadn’t been in the middle of a group of people as into the paranormal as I was. But they were intrigued, too, and one thing led to another.

Could any of it really have happened?

Only one way to be sure. More awake now, I reached for my phone on the charger, but it wasn’t there. I eventually found it under the blankets where I must have dropped it when I fell asleep.

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