el

on gave me a glimmer of hope, t

messing with my head, making me think I might have a chan

t's not being used. I didn't want her staying with me because of her wolf, and my dad thought it'd be be

be with him. They seemed like they were tryi

it hi

mpted to mark me, and vice versa?" I raised a

e news pissed off my wolf but made me happy

, he nodded, and I stayed q

l over both one day." I looked into his blue eyes. "The night I saw your face and smelled your scent, I knew what you meant to me. I thought about it a lot. Things changed after that. She was furious and didn't w

ing on to hope. I really want to mark you as mine, but I'd never force that on you. Right now, my only duty to Tatiana is to help her

this mess was that he hadn't marked her. The Alpha of Tatiana's pack might want them to mate to unite their pack

true mate would be an Alpha. That's how it works. Alpha females can only mate with Alpha males because a male can't just

he pack? Take care of the baby together?" I asked. "If she's his only child, her dad wouldn't let that happen."

son you love ends up marrying a

can take over her pack. And since she's pregnant, her dad wants me to be that guy. But

as r

ith a miscarriage or a baby. It was hard to say what would happen if your souls weren't linked. But it helped wolves whose mates had died, turned them down, or never

r not. Since I was here with them both, Tati

ouldn't really dis

s work ou

hope someone would die

baby. It didn't matter w

want that

y heart race, like a fire inside me. His touch made my insides tighten,

, and then his hand left me. It left a trail of c

olf inside me urging me to lean toward

e feeling any worse about myself." He shook his head, trying to snap

knows I only care about you and not her, Edeline. I don't know what will happen between her dad and me, but I'll make sure she doesn't lose respe

e it didn't matter, my wol

ong about what I had seen that day. But that didn't mean I'd offer