After One Slap, I Left Him for My True Mate

Everyone in the Ironwood pack always said the boy I grew up with would be the one to protect me. But during an argument, Cole Mercer forgot to rein in the strength of his newly awakened wolf and slapped me across the face in front of our entire class. That same day, I deleted every way he had to contact me. When he tried to reach me through the pack mindlink, I blocked that, too. No one could believe it. I'd known Cole since I was three. I'd followed him for nine years, trusted him more than anyone, and once believed we would choose each other as mates. But one slap was enough to destroy everything. While Cole slowly realizes that the girl who once revolved around him is truly gone, I begin rebuilding my life without him—and discover that the bond I spent years chasing was never the one fate intended for me. When my true mate finally appears, Cole is forced to watch another man become everything he once promised to be. “Why, Aurora? Over one slap?” “Yes,” I answered, looking him straight in the eye. “Over one slap.”