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    The Mate that Got Away: A Shapeshifter Paranormal Romance
    The Mate that Got Away: A Shapeshifter Paranormal Romance
    The Mate that Got Away: A Shapeshifter Paranormal Romance
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    The Mate that Got Away: A Shapeshifter Paranormal Romance

    By Kate Rudolph

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    Daphne Winter left home in disgrace ten years ago. And she would have stayed away, if it weren’t for car trouble at exactly the wrong time.

    But fate brought her back, and her mate is waiting.

    Kieran Lowell never forgot Daphne, and he never stopped being faithful. But he is the alpha now, and his mate will not abandon him this time.

    Now Daphne must fight for her place in his pack against an old enemy, or lose the man she loves for good.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKate Rudolph
    Release dateJul 13, 2015
    ISBN9781516333608
    The Mate that Got Away: A Shapeshifter Paranormal Romance
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    Kate Rudolph

    Kate Rudolph never knows when to stop. Whether it’s riding her bike down the busy streets of Austin, Texas, fixing computers, or shooting off answers to trivia quizzes, she is doing something. She began writing at a young age and now has a stack of projects as tall as her. When she was a child, she visited a wolf sanctuary and became fascinated by the animals. She is concerned with animal conservation and protection. Kate has published one complete series, Stealing the Alpha, and several stand alones. Want to know when she releases a new book? Sign up to her mailing list to receive notifications of new releases and deals. The link can be found here: http://katerudolph.net/index.php/subscribe You can also find her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katerudolphauthor Her website is www.KateRudolph.net

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      The Mate that Got Away - Kate Rudolph

      The Mate that Got Away

      By Kate Rudolph

      Copyright 2015

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      Contents

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

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      Chapter One

      The bus was making good time through the dark night. Daphne Winter had nearly fallen asleep, her head resting on the cold window. She had no desire to look out into the dark forests that surrounded the country road. As far as she knew, they had passed into Ohio an hour before and there was an entire other state to get through until they made it to Chicago. They were scheduled to get in at just past 3AM and it wasn't yet midnight.

      With luck, they might even arrive early. The driver had been making their stops short and had nearly abandoned one of the passengers in Pennsylvania. He gave no reason for his haste, but Daphne didn't care. The sooner they left Ohio, the better.

      If she could have afforded a flight she would have taken one, but the bus ticket would allow her to eat during the rest of the week while she searched for work in a new city. She had never wanted to leave DC, but the alpha of one of the local packs was making life hard for her. He promised that she would be his mate at the next full moon one way or another. Just thinking of it sent a cold shiver down her spine.

      That wasn't how it was supposed to be. Matings weren't to be forced. They were to be celebrated, one soul crying out for another in a cold, dark universe. Why would anyone take an unwilling mate?

      But some men did. They didn't believe that fate would intervene in the process. They didn't understand that mates weren't chosen. Mates lived in your soul, your blood. A wolf could fuck whoever he wanted, but a love nibble didn't truly speak of a bond. Some bonds were invisible, cutting soul deep where no one could see. And if they saw the faint, faded, physical scars, well, those could be explained away.

      She would never have let the alpha mate her. Despite his size, the man wasn't a fighter, and in the past ten years Daphne had learned exactly how important it was to be able to defend herself.

      This forest road was making her maudlin. She wanted nothing to do with it and turned away, angling it so that she faced the inside of the bus and ignored the dark world outside. It should have been

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