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female Alpha and that Jenna and her mother were dead. I didn’t really pay it much attention since it didn’t concern me.” One shoulder rose and fell with nonchalance.
    “Not concern…” Unbelievable. “Rivera, no matter the circumstances of your non-transformed state, you are still a member of this Pack.”
    “But-“
    “No, you will listen and you will understand all I have to say.” He put a little power behind the words, needing to punch through that stubborn shell.
    Those remarkable eyes widened with surprise as she nodded.
    “First of all, being a True Mate is not a choice. It is a very rare and sacred bond that only a select few are destined to have.”
    “What do you mean, not a choice? Of course it is. We all have free will.”
    “Not for a True Mate bond.” He held up a hand when her mouth opened to protest. “If you had kept up with your Pack history, you would understand just how special and wondrous an occasion this is. Out of the sixty Mate d couples in the Pack, only nine are True Mate s pairs. We make ten. That’s just how rare the bond is.”
    She nodded. “Okay, but that still doesn’t explain why I have no choice in the matter.”
    “ True Mate pairs, after they meet and exchange scents, start a bond. Once that bond begins to form, it ties them together on an emotional, physical, and spiritual level. It can’t be reversed and the only way it can be severed is through death. For if one True Mate dies the other follows. The bond is just that strong.”
    The play of emotions across her face and the scents that followed told Roan she was struggling with the truth of his words. The bond he shared with her told him she was still sad, but if he concentrated, he could make out a small kernel of hope. Of course, he knew convincing her would probably need further proof. She had spent the majority of her life keeping as far from the Pack and everything it stood for so long all the knowledge he thought of as basic fact would be foreign to her. It was unbelievable really, that Ian and Lillah had let her education about her heritage just fall by the wayside because of her inability to shift. After the talk he had with them, he could, in a way, see her reasoning for it. But she was now the True Mate of an Alpha and as such, her knowledge of the Pack needed to be complete.
    Drawing her legs up, she laid her cheek on her knees, gazing at him with curiosity. “Why me, Roan? Why me, out of all the Lupa in the Pack?”
    He gave her a gentle smile, wanting so much to hold her close and offer the comfort of his body. Instead, he settled for putting a lock of gold hair behind her delicate ear. “Because out of all of them, you are my match in every way. You are my other half, the one I’m destined to love and have a family with. To laugh and grow old with.”
    “Love?” She gasped.
    “Oh yes, sweetheart.” He palmed the other cheek, loving how soft it was. “ True Mate s share a love like no other.”
    “But-“
    He laid a finger over her warm lips. “The Fates would never have paired me with a weak True Mate , Rivera. You are perfect for me.”
    With that, he leaned in and gently touched his lips to hers, rubbing them back and forth. There was no pressure . T he contact was feather light. It still sent his senses reeling despite its lack of overwhelming intensity.
    “I…I can’t think.” She moved closer to him . H er arms snak ed around his neck.
    “There’s nothing to think about, sweetheart. We belong together. That’s all that matters.”
    She drew back, expression and dual colored eyes so full of hope and longing, it made Roan’s heart hurt. “Are you sure?”
    Star ing right into her eyes, he took her head in his hands. “I swear on everything I am that you are mine. You are my True Mate , the other half of my being and the one I’m meant to love, cherish, and spend eternity with.” He put all his conviction and belief into those words, feeling them to his very marrow that they