swamp surface, leaving a rippling

ve a Tr

ces through me. All those years of hol

ask. "And wher

una. Look around you,

course, and she's not among them. The only other wolves in the area are the poacher triplets who like to hunt on our territory to piss me off instead

ut in my m

beautiful and ethereal, li

dick balls deep in Trixie didn't have the same effect, I ca

I don't have to pick a suitable mate to help me run the pack,

mit to the witch. "Can you

has opened. Then, the door slams shut with a loud thwack.

as my boots crunch ove

name. T

his time, I don't have t

a Tru

pulse as I hop into t

e my mate. I won't know for sure until we mate, but I'm counting on having a real good

and never know. So, yeah, there's a fuckton of legends and lore arou

ed along the potholed road. I try not to look like a giddy teenager in love. I have a fucking True Mate. The best news I've had since I

y own. Having a True Mate gives a man respect, as it's rare. I h

Guess I insulted her by asking what she'd already answered. "Look around you" doesn't mean shit, though. Was I supposed to look around right t

er-the sooner the better. The vampir

I'm running the pack here. Only the last thing Ama wants to do is to

u

e I discovered a second ago. Some of my wet hair lands in my eyes, making it hard to

ing critter, avoiding its stin

always tells me my light hair reminds her of the swamp buck's hair when it's standing in th

g I resemble a drowned

stock-still, attentive. The dying fish flapping in my grasp jabs me with its dorsal fin, immediately flooding my

wl lances

amp dogs, that's

been through enough, and on top of that, she's all I've got. After losing Daddy to murder while I was still a pup curled in he

t me that ogres might look scary, but they're harmless to us, since they only eat magic. She taught me how to know when a storm means rain and wind that could take d

besides my mother in my life, though when Mama's not looking, I sometimes sneak a wave to the panther shifters in their fishing boats that glide s