I just need to get through the next few hours, but then, what hell will await me?
"Thank you. Is it time?" I don't miss the sudden dullness in his eyes, the slight slump of his shoulders. He seems disappointed, but that can't be.
He nods and holds his arm out for me. I take it and allow him to lead me out. The closer we get to the ceremony, the more my nerves start to affect me. I'm nervous as shit, and if it weren't for the hold my father has on me, I think I'd become a puddle of human goo. 
We stop in front of double doors, and I can barely breathe. Just beyond those doors is the carpeted aisle that will lead me to my future. It will lead me to a man I've never met and a future that's uncertain. I don't know if I'm ready for the unknown, but I can't turn back now. I have to do this for the health of my mother. I take a deep breath as the doors open, and I'm staring at a sea of people. I swear I don't know anyone here. I let the breath out, and the scent of freshly cut grass hits me out of nowhere. Holy shit, I think my mate's in there. 
**********
I'm his best man, not that it means much. Nathaniel stands next to me, facing the double doors. "I'm sorry for earlier. You're right, as always." I shake my head and place a hand on his shoulder. 
"It's nothing. We are in a difficult situation, but we have to make the best of it." He nods. "So have you met her?" Nathaniel shakes his head.
-I'm anxious.-
-I am, too, Bruno. We just need to get through this ceremony.- Bruno shakes his head and retreats to the back of my mind. Nathaniel sighs and stands up straight.
"Let's do this." I nod, and we wait for the ceremony to take off. 
It doesn't take long for the music to pick up in volume. The double door opens, and my breath leaves my body. Bruno is wreaking havoc in my mind, and it's getting hard for me to stay on my feet. I'd lost hope for this day, and I never thought it would happen like this. -MATE!
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Sophia's world was turned upside down as a child when her dad left her mom for his fated mate. Sophia survived that and stayed by her mom's side until she got sick. To save her mom, she had to go to her dad, and her whole world changed. 
How is it that she agrees to marry a stranger, only to find her fated mate is her bother-in-law on her wedding day? And all of this on her 18th birthday? What should she do: marry the stranger or fight for her mate? What does her choice do to her mom? Follow Sophia's story and see what choices she makes, who gets hurt and who survives.

Sacrificing My Fated Mate

~Richard~
My office door opens and her scent hits me before I can put eyes on her. "You've been locked away in here since the wedding. What's wrong?" I say nothing as she turns my chair and plasters herself on my lap.
"It's nothing. I'm just thinking about Sophia." Catherine's body stiffens in...

CHAPTER  1 Rescued?

CHAPTER  2 Conditions

CHAPTER  3 Wedding Day

CHAPTER  4 Mate

CHAPTER  5 Roasted Marshmellows

CHAPTER  6 Wedding Night Blues

CHAPTER  7 Reality

CHAPTER  8 Etiquette

CHAPTER  9 Husband and Wife

CHAPTER  10 Family Lunch

CHAPTER  11 Duties of the Wife

CHAPTER  12 Caught

CHAPTER  13 Rescued?

CHAPTER  14 Attraction

CHAPTER  15 The Cottage

CHAPTER 16 Dangerous Game

CHAPTER 17 Dilemma

CHAPTER 18 Failed Seduction

CHAPTER 19 The Other Woman

CHAPTER  20 Chocolate Cake

CHAPTER  21 First Time

CHAPTER  22  Defending Her

CHAPTER  23 Cleaning Up

CHAPTER  24 Let's Take a Walk

CHAPTER  25 Saved

CHAPTER 26 Getting What's Mine

CHAPTER 27 Missing Mom

CHAPTER 28 Visitor

CHAPTER 29 Need to Run

CHAPTER 30 Where is She?

CHAPTER  31 Assistance

CHAPTER  32 Visit

CHAPTER  33 Netflix and Chill

CHAPTER  34 Called Home

CHAPTER  35 Drugged

CHAPTER  36 Heat

CHAPTER  37 Finally