Page 5 of Fated to the Wolf Billionaire

“Who’s that you’ve got there?” she asked, peering at the woman in my arms.

“I found my mate.”

Her eyebrows nearly flew off her forehead, they jacked up so fast. “I’m sorry, you met your mate at the little hole-in-the-wall down the road? I didn’t even know wolves went in there. The place is a crap hole.”

“There were definitely wolves there tonight,” I muttered as I walked past her, purposely not correcting her assumption. The woman in my arms was no wolf, but the first person I needed to tell that to was our Alpha and his doctor mate.

“I’ll let the priestesses know there was increased pack activity,” she called helpfully after me, locking the gate back with a clang.

As she jogged off in the other direction, I cut a path across the enclave toward the wing where we’d been given temporary rooms. Everything was quiet, not even birds singing as I pushed through the door to our hallway. Kane and Brielle had been given the largest room at the end, but before I got ten feet down the hall, Olivia, the apprentice healer, stepped out of her room.

Her gaze was vacant, but pointed in my direction.

“Olivia? Are you sleepwalking again?” I asked, stopping in front of her, even though I wanted to race past and pound on Kane’s door.

“I… No. I don’t think so. I just had this urge to wake up, and…” She inhaled through her nose, gaze leaving me and settling on Fiona’s sleeping face. “Something’s happened to her.”

I bristled as Olivia reached forward, her palm settling across Fiona’s forehead, causing her to stir before settling tighter against my shoulder.

Olivia’s marked palm flared bright against Fiona’s skin, and her eyes went distant. “Seizure. There’s an herb that can help speed her recovery. I don’t have it on me, but I’ll go check with the maidens.” She lifted her palm and smiled, then strode down the hallway with purpose.

I stayed rooted to the spot for a moment, surprised by the whole exchange. How the hell had Oli known she’d had a seizure by touching her forehead?

I shook myself lightly and then crossed to Kane and Brielle’s room before knocking firmly.

When Kane opened the door, his gaze immediately fell to Fiona. His nostrils flared, and a look of shock crossed his face a split second before his eyes began to glow with his wolf.

When his words came out, they were gravelly, tinged with his wolf. “What have you done? Humans are verboten. She can’t be inside the enclave.”

“She’s my mate, Alpha.”

His gaze snapped up to mine, and for a moment, it felt like he was peeling back my skin and bone to look inside me. Whatever he found, he nodded.

“Come in,” he said, stepping aside and pointing me inside.

“I need you to wake Brielle. She’s had a seizure, and she was out for several minutes after.”

He nodded again, then crossed to the bed to wake Brielle. She popped out of bed the second he told her we needed a doctor and started giving orders.

“Lay her on the bed and get the lights. I need to check her over to see what’s going on and how I can help.”

I gently laid Fiona across the foot of the bed while Kane turned on the lights. Brielle didn’t spare a glance my way as she asked, “What’s her name?”

“Fiona. She has a bottle of seizure medication in her pocket. She only woke up for a few minutes, but she seemed fuzzy and has been sleeping ever since.”

“Sometimes that’s okay. A seizure takes a lot out of your body, and recovery is exhausting. Her vitals are stable. I’m going to let my wolf check her out next.”

I found myself fighting the urge to wring my hands as I watched the petite woman drop her head, eyes closed as her hands pressed flat to my mate’s skin.

“How is it that you came to find this human who you think is your mate?” Kane asked at my side, voice low so as not to disturb Brielle’s exam.

“She found me. I was drinking away my sorrows at the bar, and there was a commotion outside. A second later, she practically fell through the door, bruised and bloody and terrified.” I ran a hand over my face, the memory sending fear and rage in equal measure pounding through my veins.

“Four shifters were chasing her. She collapsed seconds later, and when I caught her, I saw her palm. She’s got the omega seal on it, just like Leigh and Olivia.”

That set him back on his heels. “But she’s human. They’re compatible for breeding, but they don’t have the inherent magic necessary to form a mate bond.”

“I don’t understand it either, but she’s mine. My mate. My wolf is certain, and she trusts me even though we’re strangers.”

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