Emilia was officially convinced she had lost her mind. That was the only explanation. There was no other reasonable answer. One minute she had been serving coffee and trying to survive another busy shift. The next minute four powerful Alphas were staring at her as if she had personally fallen from the moon. And now one of them had just announced that she was his mate. Not his girlfriend. Not his crush. Not someone he wanted to date. His mate. Whatever that meant. Worse, none of the other Alphas had laughed. None of them had called him crazy. None of them had corrected him. Instead, they all looked equally serious. Which somehow made the situation even more ridiculous. Emilia glanced around the café, hoping someone else would point out how insane this was. Nobody did. Most

