chapter 18(2)

“So you just accepted it?” My father shakes his head. “No, I tried to keep them separated. Maddox hated the idea. He was too possessive, but Seline told us she threw us a bone. It turns out your mother’s entire bloodline had two mates. The fated mates never accepted each other. So Seline dabbled with the fates. Twisted it, if you will. Because she liked your mother, she didn’t want the curse to kill her, too. So instead of making two strangers accept each other, she made us best friends, and instead of bonding two people to your mother, she bonded your father to me and me to him when I found my mate, I just couldn’t recognize him until she accepted him, but Mateo was supposed to be bonded to us both. But if I couldn’t accept it, or Maddox history would have repeated itself, and you would be the one trying to break that curse, and your mother would be dead.” “So what about Dad’s first mate?” I ask, more than just curious. “She was never intended for him. She was just a detour, Seline to