My Name is NOT Cupcake
Chapter 25
"I don't hate him; I'm just scared of him, or more accurately, I'm scared of what he'll do and who he'll hurt to keep me with him," I tried to explain, gaining more control over my body by the second.
"He's been searching for you his whole life, you know. Taylor and I found each other the moment we shifted and were able to detect our mate. Elias, being an Alpha, was starting to lose hope that he even had a mate, or that you were even alive. He's 27 years old. Normally, if one of us doesn't find their mate by 25, especially an Alpha, they pick a stand-in mate. They choose someone to be with to keep from going mad from loneliness," Minnie explain. That had me curious.
"Elias didn't choose a stand-in?" I asked a little hopefully. Minnie hesitated, which gave me my answer.
to have a mate. He needed a Luna. He chose her. She's headstrong and beautiful, but then again, so are you. But at the end of the day, you're his mate. He loves you," she tried to reassure me. I tried to push down
~
I remember was the unbearable heat, ice baths, and Minnie trying to force-feed me. I was probably permanently winkled from all the ice baths. Finally, it ended.
woke feeling sore and groggy. All I could remember
me. I groaned and nodded as I held my head. I was probably dehydrated. I had a pounding headache. Minnie must have been thinking the same thing because