Chapter 102 A Thorn In His Side

Still Alpha Female Adlin Rain's POV

Albert Zane and David Gorgio finally come down the stairs.

Albert Zane's eyes are fixed on me and I smile back at him. All eyes are on us now, everyone knows his desire to be my mate. When he takes the last step, he walks towards me, his eyes softening. He pulls me in his arms, buries his face in my neck and breathes in my scent.

Nothing. Nothing happens.

The intoxicating scent that should be driving me mad, the sparks that should be ravaging my body and the attraction that should be urging me to mark him instantly, are missing.

Reality rears its ugly head: we are not fated mates.

I feel Albert Zane stiffen as the signs fail him too. But his arms around me do not slacken; on the contrary, he tightens them like a vice.

"No! It can't be! You are mine!" he cries in pain.

He sniffed my neck and shoulders again, but nothing changed. The result remains