Mate me if you dare

e's

our bones crack and your skin tears into fur, it's like finally coming

from Beta Marcus's slobbering mutt form, who thought I was a chew toy. It was not magical. It was humiliating and it only got worse from there because t

in triumph. "Mate," she whispered, all feral an

the Silverfang Pack looked me up and down once and said f

. Cin

parted like I was a bad omen, and I stood there trembling, heart in my throa

ght I found my mate and

oky pine and danger, with the kind of heat that made my stomach flip and my dignity scream

like I was gum on his boot, which somehow made it worse

id,

across those carved shoulders, my wolf whimpered. Every time I heard his voice echo throu

Winters. The tough orphan girl who clawed her way into the pack ranks, who laughed louder

gue for stealing her sandwich was now crushing pathet

pped vegetables for the Alpha's d

ng behind a pile of potatoes. "That's why you carved '

e mid-

aid quickly. "It w

." I gave her my best death glare, but sh

t off the stupid Alpha who didn't want me. As if summoned by the universe, t

an

e sin incarnate. Black t-shirt stretched across his chest, dark jeans low on his hips,

ke a punch, earthy,

even gla

rked. "I need

cally tripped over herself to

clenched. My hands moved on autopilo

arms crossed. "Make it fast. I'v

it," I muttered

was

d I said th

hard. "Just admiring how sharp these knive

me then. Just

saw something flicker in his, something hot and dark a

nd just like that, he turned and walked

uarters felt like a coffin. Every creak in the walls soun

hting the ache in my chest. He wasn't goi

a short temper. Ewans needed a Luna who was strong, graceful, c

t

art didn't lis

casting silver across the training field. I padded baref

burst from my body, bones snap

eded t

ever moved before, wind in my ears, hear

his scent

irt spraying as I came to a

hirt ripped, blood r

ghting tw

on

d, I couldn

myself at one of the rogues, catching him by the neck. We

ut the rogue's throat, Ewans had finished the other.

mine and this time,

ght, but too tired to care. He stared at me like I wa

me?" he aske

led blood. You were in d

uldn't h

not good enough to

ng closer. "Because y

his hand brushed my chee

et." And just like that, he turned and disappeared into the woods, leav

he ceiling, his touch burning on my

't kno

he could keep me at arm's length forever,

ed me like that, I wasn't

f it b

contin