“That young man, Jameson Moore, is wrong about the mate bond,” she says. “The mate bond is not a chain that ties you to someone. Instead, think of it as a light, a beam that can guide you. It shows you the path you need to take in order to the person you are supposed to love.” “But they said it’s predestined, so that means you don’t get a choice,” I tell her. “Yes, and no. There is a choice for everyone. They can choose to reject their fated mate. In that choice, they sever the tie they have with their soulmate forever. After the rejection, the mates can part ways and find love with someone else, but it would not be the same as the love they could have felt with their mate.” “Reject?” I mutter the word, remembering what the man in charge of the fight said. “The man fighting Ethan said

