Alpha’s Second Chance Mate (Crystal and Theo) novel Chapter 1

The bad news.

Sidonie’s POV

“Donnie, get back here!” My father yelled as I stormed toward the door that led out of the living room. My mother stood beside him, her l*ps pressed into a firm line and her brown eyes glared at me.

The very brown eyes I had inherited from her.

“No, I will not!” I screamed back at him, baring my teeth in anger. “I cannot believe you two!”

“What exactly can you not believe?” Mom asked, folding her arms. She only did that when she was done with my antics and from the look on her face, she certainly was fed up.

That made two of us.

I was fed up with my parents constantly thinking they could make every single decision on my behalf!

“How could you two marry me off without my consent?! That’s… That’s so old school! Nob*dy does that shit anymore!”

“You will watch your language, young lady!” Dad snarled, pointing at me menacingly. I didn’t care. I was too damned angry to care. “We made that decision in your best interest! The Alpha of Alphas has asked that you be his bride. It is an honor, Sidonie!”

“I don’t give a shit about honor!” I snapped. “I don’t care who he is. What about my true mate? What about experiencing that? What happens when my true mate comes along?”

“Honey, not everyone gets to meet their mates.” My mother said, her brown eyes softening slightly. “That rarely happens these days. Marrying the Alpha is the best way to secure your future.”

“Just because it didn’t happen to you two, doesn’t mean it won’t happen to me!” I hissed. “This is totally unfair! I don’t even know him!”

“You will eventually!” Dad said, throwing his hands up in the air as if that fixed everything. “We’ve set up a meeting and you two can finally meet each other—”

“—I don’t want to,” I said as defiantly as I could, my black hair whipping all over the place. It had always been my dream to meet my true mate. To feel the bond, that special pull that everyone yearned for.

I wanted love and passion and madness and everything in between! Not some stone-cold betrothal to a wolf I didn’t even know. Alpha of Alphas my foot!

“How could you make such a decision for me?” I asked, lowering my voice as tears stung the corner of my eyes. “Don’t you want me to be happy, Dad? I want a mate.”

My parents exchanged glances, and I could see a vein pop in my father’s n*eck. He raised a hand and pointed in the direction of my room.

“Go to your room. Your mother and I will be here when you’re calmer and able to think rationally!”