Page 73 of Her Shifter Pack

Finally, Nancy reached out to shake Wade’s hand and the moment their palms connected, he groaned like someone was pulling his arm out of his socket.

I gasped loudly at the sound. I remembered that noise.

Then Wade collapsed onto his knees.

Nancy pulled her hand out of his grip as she jumped back, rubbing her palm on her leather pants. “He shocked me!”

I’d found a mate for them! How? Why? No idea!

I covered my mouth with my hand as a laugh burst out of me, pure happiness filling up my heart. Ollie and Markus were gonna love this!

Nancy rounded on me with a clearly angry expression. “What the hell is going on here?”

Bonus Scene: Three years later

LEXIE

My mother-in-law smiled brightly at me as she tucked the twins into the car seats she’d bought just for her car. What a turnaround from when we’d first met. Me standing up to her that day of the wolf council meeting had been the best thing I’d done to shake her out of her narrowmindedness.

She had been begrudging in the beginning, but over time had come to accept me as her sons’ true mate. Our children had helped forge a positive bond, of course, and now there was one more on the way.

“Thanks, Anne! I really appreciate you taking them for the night.”

“Of course!” Anne said. “You know I’m always happy to have my grandbabies.”

I rubbed my huge belly, the baby shifting and kicking hard. “And... if we need you to keep the boys a little longer?”

She glanced down at my belly and smiled. “If you need time to rest or if you go into labor, I’ll keep them for a week. You don’t need to worry at all. I’ve got you.”

I blinked back tears of gratitude for the woman who’d moved heaven and earth to repair the relationship she’d almost completely shattered.

We’d had several heart-to-heart discussions since then, and when she’d learned more about the upbringing I’d had, she’d opened her arms and pulled me in for a hug. Then she’d told me she would try to be the mother I’d missed out on in my early years.

There had been lots of tears shed on both sides, and now we had a genuine bond that I truly enjoyed.

“I’m not due for a couple of weeks, but I just feel... different.”

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