Soul Mate by D.M. Mortier

Alexandra…
Abused, used, and eventually betrayed by those who should have protected and taken care of me, I had no reason to trust the stranger that came to my rescue. He thought he knew me, knew who I was, but that wasn’t possible because I had no understanding of who and what I was either. Those same people who abused and betrayed me never bothered to tell me. So, I improvised and made a few unfortunate mistakes, but no one suffered or died who didn’t deserve to.
And then the stranger left me under the loving care of his son. Apparently, he was also my mate. Yeah, that wasn’t going so well. We had plenty of primal urges, but I was never a woman controlled by my baser urges.

Xander…
I used to be the benevolent, easy-going, and happy son. I had a ready smile because I didn’t have a care in the world. And why not? I had a loving, supportive, and powerful family, and I usually saw trouble coming long before it reached us. My life was going great until none of that was true.
Our lives were supposed to be enriched by claiming our fated-mate, but after my veil of invincibility was ripped to shreds, I didn’t want this life for her. I knew to expect that we would be incredibly compatible. We were fated-mates after all. And I also knew that she would be beautiful. However, given my ability in the past century to keep my emotions firmly in check, I never expected that I would find it impossible to stay away from her. Maybe I wasn’t as noble as I have always thought.