C16 A protective mother

SASHA'S POV

“I was rejected by my mate before I had them. I'm not sure anyone else would want me,” I paused to catch my breath before I continued.

“I don't think I want to go through the kind of shame and humiliation I experienced at the mating ceremony years ago,” I explained to her.

My mind went to all the Alpha had done to me—the shame, the humiliation he inflicted on me in public