THE UNEXPECTED PRISONER

ADAIRA

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I raised my voice as they began to argue. My father was more at fault here than anyone else, but as usual, he shifted the blame to my mother. Some days, I wondered if they were fated mates or if they had just chosen each other. Fated mate bonds were stronger than chosen mate bonds, that’s why a lot of shifters preferred to wait for their fated mates, no matter how long it took. I had this doubt because I knew from experience how strong the fated mate bond is, there can only be this much animosity for a really strong reason like what Gavrael and I have. But the arguments I’ve seen my parents have over the years sometimes seem too extreme because it was mostly for petty reasons. The way my father glared at my mother and sneered at her with so much disdain because of me didn’t seem like the behaviour of a fated mate. Even though Gavrael and I were constantly at each other’s throats, our mate bond was still palpable when we were close to each other.

I would have assumed that the