e swampy forest. It felt freeing to let him out, especia

im to cool down for a little while. It'd given me a break

scooping out our land. The moon was large and hung low

It warmed us. Energized us. I stopped near a t

see him nearing us. Jacob was our alpha and I was our

in more supernaturals than most. We were famili

k Seth on his hairy ass before. He volunteered to stay over with Jessica. Over my wolf's dead

nse it as he stopped to drink beside me. I didn't want

sin and I knew h

n needed to be d

f blended into the darkness of the forest. His

white as I imagined a housecat, but th

e beast," Jacob said through our mind link.

't mind," I answe

ard our pack house. It was three stories and had

oked plucked out

ne, but the ones we could trust understood us movin

pecially the girls in our town. They assumed we weren't intere

y calmed down over t

sh. My wolf was excited to be near her. Even if we couldn't see he

by the tree line. I could sense her fear whe

se was scary. I walked slowly toward the house,

once I shifted. I walked around toward the living room but didn't see

the door. I was butt naked from my run and wal

h. Jacob would kill me

of the house. Her breathing was labored and distant

I noticed her in the guest room. The blind was pulled d

to see her sleeping, or

ndow and closed my eyes tightly. There were s

e mate they were destined to be with f

It was all hearsay, especially since we were the only wolves we knew bes

er. The woods seemed noisy enough to say nothing watched the ho

w what he thoug

ard of them. Being we lived in the bayou, the

stories were tru

mud squishing between my toes

thrashing around. I wanted to go console her. I wanted to

er legs off the side of the bed and rubbed her face. She hadn't been asleep

and walked ou

hen I noticed her at the kitchen sink. Her g

t thumpe

fraid of

med li

our mind-link. "There are some clothes hidden in the bushes by

," I an

d through the bushes for the clothes, dre

stened to her heart thumping.

, Mason,

ly. She was dressed in a pair of short pajama short

she opened th

p by but he had some stuff to do first. Do y

having these crazy dreams and I'm scared to death in here. He

held a glass

poured myself a glass. "What ar

. I wanted so badly to do it for her. Everything ab

ed, pushing her toe again

your heart beating t

y. "You can hear my heart

ay to g

nt you seem

e with her palm. "I've been

aught and I choked embar

y?" she

placing my glass back into the sink.

d looked over her shoulder. "You

g on her as she sat down on the bed. "It's one wolf in particular

he dreaming of me? I tried not to get to

n nothing, and other time

ust the wolf but this odd connection I have that's making it hard to decide whether to stay or not. I know it's we

lurted out before

myself together. "I just mean it could be. This is a bi

er pillow. "I know you all would. It wouldn't be the wors

tay, my wo

her stay but I

ch my phone and keep myself busy until J

ay. Sleep sounds good. If I start thrashing

kes more than that

ng your mate, m