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I blinked, looked down at my white paws, and then up into the face of my mate.

Tears stained her cheeks, and she leaned forward, kissed my muzzle, because now I had a muzzle, and beamed. “You are all white. Gorgeous. I’m glad that you’re moving up north and not staying down here in Texas, because you’re going to blend in much more up there. You are gorgeous. Pure white, with bright blue eyes and a tiny black dot right on your tail. I’ll take photos one day for you, but first I need to shift. And then we run.”

I took a step toward her, slightly wobbly, and she kissed my cheek. “Let your wolf guide you. You’ll still be there. Your wolf won’t be in control. I can feel the strength with you, the dominance. You have this. You are a strong wolf, high in the hierarchy. And as soon as you meet my Uncle Kade, our Alpha, you’ll know where you fit. I can’t wait to see you soar. Thrive.” Then she kissed me again before she shifted. She was a dark black wolf with slightly red-brown edges along her fur. Her eyes were that bright green of hers, and she was gorgeous. She was slightly smaller than me even though she was a tiny ball of muscle. She bounced around me, wanting to play, and then a large red wolf came through the forest, followed by a few more wolves. It was the Pack, and we were running.

Riaz, as the largest of the bunch, his power radiating, came forward, and I lowered my gaze instinctively. Kaylee did the same. We were guests on Pack land, and while we would never submit to this Alpha, we would not encroach on his territory.

Then Riaz threw his head back in a howl, and we joined him. My wolf radiated glee, as if this is where I was supposed to be for my entire life. I had been born human, but I was meant to be a wolf.

And then we ran.

The dirt touched against the pads of my paws, and then I moved, following Kaylee as I stumbled once, and then again, and then finally I did what my mate told me, and I let the wolf go.

We jumped over a fallen log through the wild oaks that dotted the landscape. It wasn’t the greenery of the Pacific Northwest, but we were in the hill country of Texas. There were trees and green, but the dirt was warm, even in the setting sun and rising moon.

We ran, my wolf in glee as my bond between Kaylee flared, and I could feel her wolf tugging at it, wanting to meet her mate as well. She circled me as we veered off from the others, yipping madly as she looked at my face and bowed her head. She stuck her tail up in the air and danced a bit, and I knew she wanted to play. So I jumped at her, nipping her playfully as she growled a bit, and began to chase me. I turned, chasing her back, enjoying the feel of wind in my fur as we let the moon dance around us.

Somehow I was wolf. Somehow I was Pack.

And this was my mate.

When Kaylee moved forward and nipped at me again, I paused, wondering what she was doing. And then she stood still for a second before she began to shift back, her human body sweat-slick, naked, and sexy as hell.

“Pull the bond, Jason. You have the power, the strength to shift back. You won’t need to stay wolf all night.”

And I wanted to be with my mate. I needed to be. So I did as she said, the pain a sweet agony as it had been before. And then I was naked, sweaty, and hard as fuck.

Kaley grinned at me, but before she could pin me, I pushed her back into the soil, her legs spread beneath me, and I grinned. “Ready to play some more?”

She nipped at my lip.

“I thought you’d never ask.”

And then I kissed her, plunging deep inside her wet heat.

Chapter 19

Kaylee

I spread my legs more,Jason sliding deeper into me. I groaned, arching up into my mate as he licked along my neck and bit down gently. He wasn’t using his fangs. He wouldn’t be able to yet, but soon. Maybe later tonight, or another time. We had already mated, already marked each other, and our bond tugged on us true. We were mates. I wanted him to mark me. I wanted to wear my hair on the top of my head and show the mark of being his. Never in my wildest dream would I imagine that’s what I would want with another person, that I would want someone touching me and marking me and claiming me as theirs. That I would want others to know that I had given in, that I had submitted. But here I was, wanting it. Wanting my mate.

He bit down again, and I knew I would bruise slightly, and I craved it. Then he went to my breasts, sucking and laughing at me, and I groaned, my wolf at the forefront, my eyes glowing gold, and I grinned.

This was what I had been missing. I had been fighting my entire life to find some form of semblance of who I was or who I could be. I had tried to make sure that I had a purpose, that I wasn’t just the Triad’s daughter. That I wasn’t just a strong female in a Pack of strong wolves.

I had tried to find out who I was, and in essence I had, but there had always been something missing. And it wasn’t a man. It wasn’t me wanting to fall in love so all of my answers could be with me.

No, it was the idea of finding a future that I could follow while being myself.

Jason wasn’t just the one in control; I was as well.

He would be a partner and help me, and he was everything.

And he bit me on my nipple.

I growled, my wolf looking through my eyes as I glared at him.

“Hey.”

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