Rejecting My Five Fated Mates

"Five glowing mate bonds. Five cold rejections. And one woman who never needed destiny to stay."

When five mate bonds ignited in my chest at the sacred Moon Festival, the supernatural world called it a miracle. I thought the heavens had finally granted me a partner to share the crushing weight of an empire. Instead, five powerful princesses looked at my soul and called it a cage. They mocked my duty. They demanded impossible conditions. They threw my devotion in the dirt and told me not to mistake fate for affection. So I stopped begging. While five highborn beauties slammed their doors in my face, Princess Nina Vale stepped onto my terrace. She didn't have a celestial ribbon tying her chest to mine. She didn't command an invincible army or a billion-dollar trade empire. She was simply my sharp-tongued childhood friend, the girl who stole food off my plate, stitched my torn flesh in the dark, and stayed when the entire world walked away. Now, the five women who cast me aside are realizing their mistake. They are competing for my attention, demanding private meetings, and regretting the throne they gave up. Too bad for them. My wolf doesn't care about the stars anymore. Let seven packs demand answers. Let an ancient tyrant march on our borders. I will rip five divine bonds from my ribs with my bare hands before I ever let anyone touch the only woman who chose me.