Page 15 of Promise & Artem

“Not goat, bull. Apparently, his whole body changes but he stays on two feet that become hooves and his head is like a bull. So wild. She has a brother too, but I haven’t met him yet.”

She had met the hyenas who lived and worked at the campground, though, including Charlotte’s brothers, and another set of siblings: Cade, Daxton, Varick, and their sister Lorelai.

“Any of them your truemate?”

“That would be way too easy,” she said. “But they sure do grow hot males here. You should definitely come for a visit while I’m here.”

“I’ll think about it. I could use a change of pace.”

Promise zipped up the empty duffel and tossed it into the closet. “I still feel like this is the best thing I could have done.”

“I’m glad you’re happy.”

“I’ll be happy when I find my mate. Until then, though, I’m content.”

“When are you going to the wolf pack?”

“I don’t know.” She put her hands on her hips and looked around the room, and then looked at her sister. “I had a dream last night.”

“If it was a sexy one, save the details for someone else, because gross.”

Promise laughed. “It wasn’t sexy.” She explained the dream and the strange feeling she had when she woke. “I think he might be my truemate.”

“Wow. It sounds like a mating dream, but where on earth would an arena like that be?”

“I have no idea. I don’t even know anything about mating dreams, if that’s what it was. What if my brain is just trying to cobble together a mate for me because I spent so much time thinking and talking about finding him?”

She was fairly certain the entire campground knew she came there to find her mate. Which was fine, but also made her feel oddly vulnerable. Finding a mate was a private thing, wasn’t it? Not a group effort.

“Well, maybe it was your brain trying to give you hope, but maybe it’s just what happens to supernatural creatures like shifters…that sometimes we’re special enough to get mating dreams.”

“I’ve literally never heard of anyone we know having a mating dream, have you?”

Rio’s face screwed up in thought, which made Promise smile.

“No. But could it mean your mate isn’t a shifter? Or maybe he’s a unique kind of shifter. Oooh, like a dragon! Wait, do fairies have mating dreams? You should call London and ask her.”

“Maybe you’re right.”

“It’s been known to happen.”

Promise grinned. “I miss you. I wish you were here.”

“Allen is the right place for me at the moment. But the second I feel like I should leave town to find my mate, I will. I just think by the time it’s right for me, you and your dream guy will already be mated.”

“Well, I’d love to meet my guy soon, but who knows?”

“Keep a good thought.”

“I will.”

They said goodbye and I love you to each other, and then the call ended, the screen with her smiling sister going blank.

Promise finished unpacking her suitcase and took her toiletries into the small bathroom to get ready for the day.She wasn’t sure what the day would bring, but her wolf was optimistic that it might bring her and her mate together.

She was filled with hope. It was a new day in a new place, and she was ready to see where the day took her.

Hopefully into the arms of her mate.

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