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“This mating couldn't have come at a worse time.” Well. Now I knew a third thing about him. My mate was apparently not one to mince words. And despite all the hurt I'd endured in my life, I wasn't as resilient as I liked imagining myself to be. Because that statement hurt. It hurt a lot.”

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“My mate was blocking his feelings from me. All of them. All the time. Why? Why didn’t he want to share that part of himself with me? I didn’t even know how he did that. Meanwhile, he could probably feel everything I was feeling and thinking. I was mortified. And I felt naked and vulnerable. It was unfair. Nothing about this whole mess was fair. But like Nana always said, fair is a place where they judge pigs.”

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“Females now want to like their mate, as well as love him. And whereas the idea of not liking your mate or being unhappy with him is by no means a new concept, it is the first time that females have the freedom to voice it. The old school attitude is that it doesn’t matter how your mate treats you, the bond overrides it all and takes precedence over everything. I know many packs still think like that,” she said, and she seemed hurt by it. “I don’t think that’s true. It’s possible to want your mate, even to love your mate because the bond is forcing you to, but still not to like him.” It felt like the room was spinning. What she was saying was akin to heresy in the eyes of my family. I was scared to think about whether I liked my mate.”

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