Doubting Fate – DC Emerson

He reared up on his hind legs and gave an earth-shaking roar, forcing Emory to hurry into the restaurant, lest he do something dramatic like shift in the middle of the sidewalk. He entered the lobby and found Cameron standing at the host stand, absently scuffing his purple Converse on the tile floor. When he glanced up and saw Emory, his smile nearly brought Emory to his knees. He couldn’t have walked away if he tried. Emory was across the room before he could form a coherent thought, and he wrapped Cameron up in a crushing hug.

“Okay… It’s okay,” Cameron murmured, petting Emory’s hair in a way no one, except his mother, had ever done before. He kept petting him, and slowly, Emory realized he was trembling. It felt like right before a shift, when the atoms of his body would rearrange, except his lion was still pacing in a circle, not attempting to shift. It was just Emory who was shaking, his arms quivering against Cameron’s back as his knees threatened to give out.

“Could you show us to our table? I think my partner needs to sit down,” Cameron said firmly, and the host scrambled out from behind his podium. Emory released Cameron from his death grip but kept one arm around his shoulder. In a mirror image of their first date, Cameron pressed a hand firmly into Emory’s back as they walked down the aisle of tables.

At their first dinner, Emory had felt confident that fate had made the right call. Now, Emory wondered if fate had been wrong. Why couldn’t they have met when Emory’s father was still alive? Back when he was more than this shell of a person with an alpha beast he could barely tame. Emory’s lion yowled at the accusation, and Emory apologized in his head. He felt like he was about to do a lot more apologizing to his neglected fated mate, so he might as well start now.

As they arrived at a small table in the back corner, Emory collapsed into his seat. Cameron quickly slid into his seat and took both of Emory’s hands across the table. “It’s so good to see you. My octopus is practically doing cartwheels,” Cameron said. His lips curled in a sweet smile, but his eyes were crinkled in worry. Emory felt Cameron’s energy trying to stroke his lion, but he shied away from it. “It’s good to see you as well, honey.”

Cameron squeezed both of his hands, and Emory squeezed back as gently as he could. “So good. You have no idea.” Emory’s lion settled as the server took their order and poured them both generous glasses of wine.

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Cover design by jessjoart Editing by CK Knight Internal Design by Andi Sensitivity Read by Mat, Jaz, Christian, and Kai OceanofPDF.com Content Note This book contains past, off-page parental (birth parents, not current, adoptive parents) and ex-partner abuse (not the MCs), with multiple references to the abuse, a few brief examples given, and the mental, emotional, and physical impacts shown.

The main character also mentions, discusses, and overcomes transphobia. There is a discussion of an untreated omegaverse disease, “shifter pox,” which leads to medical complications and sterility. A villainous character displays ableism, anti-adoption sentiment, and transphobia towards the main character. OceanofPDF.com Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Epilogue Also by DC Emerson Acknowledgments About the Author OceanofPDF.com “F Chapter One Cameron or the last time, Shay, you’re going to end up locked in a fish tank in someone’s basement if you’re not more careful,” Cameron said, hitting the enter key on his laptop with a little more force than necessary.

“Don’t be so dramatic,” Shay’s voice rang out from Cameron’s phone. Even across several states, multiple time zones, and sketchy cell towers, he couldn’t miss the bored drawl in her voice. “I don’t think it’s dramatic to ask you to stop meeting people from dating apps at their house!” “I sent Audrey my location on the way there. Besides, we met on the sidewalk in front of her house.” Cameron hit the backspace button so hard, he nearly flipped the laptop off his lap. With a huff, he closed the lid and shoved it onto his cluttered coffee table.

He was supposed to have clocked out hours ago, so it seemed like as good a time to stop as any.

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