Alpha's Forgotten Mate: A Rejected Mate’s Second Chance for Love or Deadly Stakes (Fated Captives Book 1)

It should be a fairytale—you know Gamma girl saves Alpha prince. Turns out? One night one rejection... and a baby. Guess I didn't read the fine print. Serine Five years ago I pulled a dying Alpha back from the brink. His gratitude? A mate bond flaring like wildfire in that damn cave. By dawn he vanished. By dusk he was promised to another. Would I do it again? Hell no. Now I haunt these woods—calloused hands silver knives and a five-year-old with ice in his blood. Then he shows up. Kaelis Rayne. Storm-eyed tyrant. Pack of elite thugs at his back. Thinks I’m hiding a rebellion? Cute. What I didn’t expect? The mate bond hitting like a sucker punch. Again. But when Kaelis freezes nostrils flaring at the scent of our child— The bond locks tight. The game changes Kaelis An Alpha doesn’t get to choose his fate. Duty comes first. Always. So I did what I had to do—I cut out the one thing that could ru