I remember the pain of my own rejection. Some traumas stay with you your whole life. That betrayal didn’t define me, I was glad that Derek had rejected me. He has betrayed my trust and friendship and allowed others to hurt me too. When he got greedy enough to want to cut me loose to increase his packlands by taking a chosen mate, that really hurt. So much so that I passed out when he did reject me. I know that I will remember my feelings of pain, and anguish, about my mate not loving me enough to want me, until my dying day. I am sure that my second chance mate was the perfect choice for me. Sometimes you have to go through some bad experiences to get to the right destination. That kind of happiness at finding your true mate, the one made exclusively for you, for them to be able to crush a
