The King’s Tainted Mate

Shyla thought she was saving her sister when she so selflessly gave up her innocence and risked an instant rejection from her true mate for having tainted their bond. She was fine with that, because she loved her sister and the thought of losing her was not something Shyla wanted to live through. She still had a few more months before her first shift, so she would worry about her mate later. But then it turned out her sister was never dying at all. There was no poison, no enemies out to get her.

She’d tricked Shyla into losing her innocence just so she’d eliminate her as a possible bride to the prince of their kingdom. Shyla was never even interested in the spoiled royal and if her sister had only asked, she would have simply stepped aside and let her have her fantasy.

Shyla would have gladly done it, well, that was before she met the prince and his wolf screamed ‘Mate’.

As per the kingdom’s tradition her mate rejected her. Despite her shameful status, Shyla hoped he wouldn’t, but she knew it couldn’t be helped. The royal decree was so very clear on that, but then he chose her sister and Shyla knew it was nothing to do with the decree. He was punishing her for tainting their bond.

Her sister got exactly what she wanted and Shyla remained with nothing but a broken heart and a very precious ring that the man who’d deflowered her had slipped into one of the crevices of her dress. She felt like a ‘p********e’ for even thinking of keeping the precious looking jewel, but choosing to leave everything behind, Shyla knew she needed it for the new beginning she hoped for. Little did she know the tumultuous new beginning that piece of jewellery would inflict on her poor little soul.

Elian did not deserve her. This was his punishment from the moon goddess. For that night of drunken passion with a stranger. For giving away his mate’s rightful precious ring that would have cemented their bond just like the many royal couples before them.

His own misdeeds did not make his mate’s betrayal hurt any less however, and neither did it stop him from unleashing his anger on her. How could she give herself to another man? He rejected her, but his punishment would not end there. He knew she did not even realize it, but he kept her from accepting his rejection. That way she’d know pain each and every waking day he got intimate with her sister. He banished her too, branding her a traitor to his kingdom. An announcement that would warn anyone who’d dare to give her shelter that they would be going against his entire kingdom. He made sure she’d spend her days utterly alone or was that his fate?

Mates forced apart by one sinful misdeed. A bond so tainted it should have died, but what happens when instead of dying, the bond grows stronger, pulling at the very strings of their hearts and drawing them closer against their will.