You should Let Go, My Mate

ng like a drum in my chest. "Nina, I want to break the bon

h: he didn't choose me out of love. So, I decided to end it without him knowing a

th disbelief. "Rachel, are you sure? Five years o

s steel. "I'm sure. This bond was a

Brian Whitaker. He's out today, so he asked me to pass it to you. Get your mate to sign it. Also, ma

ers, nodding li

arm, I said goodbye to Nina and ho

ng through some file. He looked up, and a grin tugged at his lips. "Running l

king around, but there wasn't a hint of r

he papers, taking a deep breath to steady my voice. "Derek, I

pped, terrified he'd see through my lie. But he didn't even glance at the pages. He flippe

years of being bound, and his warmth was only because I wa

d into something tender, almost lovesick. "Hungry?" he said into the phone, his voice soft as

on the other end was his mate of five years. But

nce and joining his pack office as his assistant. Five years ago, after a night we never planned, things hap

dden bond, a contract, nothing more. If either of us found our true mate, we'd break it. I crashed fro

he'd see me as more than the pup he had to protect. But Derek stayed distant.

self to another wolf. That she-wolf? Alyssa Vaughn, the fake daughter his family once took in, his so-called "sister." When she go

ould spark something real. I thought I could win him ove

er, walking with her, even helping with her legal fight to become unbound. Meanwhile, a month ago, when I was ambushed and kidnapped by a rival

I knew I had to shatt

ed and left his office, mail

loset, books from the shelf, jewelry from the dra

got home. "What's with the packing?" he as

"It's all old. Time

rk hard for me-you deserve to trea

spond, just

rek slid his arms around me, his

shed him away. "I'm on m

ised. "Didn't it e

ling it," I sai

after my cycle, when I was still aching, I'd grit my

om now on, I'd put myself first, say

days from now, after the coo