Synopsis

"Mine!"

"Okay. Yeah, that's great and all, but you see things are more complicated than you just growling 'mine' and with me becoming yours."

"My Mate," He growled again, making me face palm myself from his failure to understand how bad the situation actually was.

"I heard you the first time but allow me the honors to repeat myself. I can't just become yours upon said words!"

That last bit seemed to enrage him more but he kept it from rising in his tone as he gradually had backed me into the bark of a tree. He had that terrifying coldness that could've haunted me for ages with what he said next. "Why?"

"Why! Because I'm brown!"

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Growing up different in a community of desi people is hard. Mani has grown up with traditional teachings and values, but is unable to speak the language even if her life depended on it. She wouldn't have minded being different but it's the perspective of others that shape an individual's identity in her city. Struggling to find an identity for herself at her local high school and traditional community, imagine what would happen if a certain Alpha were thrown into the equation.

Since the beginning she'd desired to be the Mate of one but how could she get him to understand the hardships of being brown?