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I found my mate!

She was so, so pretty with her mint green hair, big brown eyes, smooth dark skin dusted with silver sparkles, and pointed little ears...

Wait. Silver sparkles and pointed ears?

She's a fairy, Sequoia murmured.

My mate was a fairy?

I blinked, then smiled widely.

My mate was a fairy!

Talk toher, moron, not yourself!my wolf huffed in frustration.

Okay.I can do this. I've been practicing for years. Just one sentence. Say just one sentence without stuttering or freezing or running.

Definitelydon't run, Sequoia growled, and I nodded.

"Hello. My name is Adam Bishop."

Whew! I did it, Quoia!

Good job.My wolf rolled his eyes.Now ask her for her name.

Wait. What? I didn't practice that!

Just ask her name, Adam.

"Um, ah, that's—" I stopped and cleared my throat, shuffling my feet, and she kindly put me out of my misery.

"Hi, Adam. I'm Georgina Oakley, but everyone calls me Georgie." Her cocoa lips curled into a wide smile, showing small, white teeth. "I'm so happy to meet you!"

"Me, too," I whispered, so overwhelmed by her angelic voice and unearthly beauty that I couldn't push out any more words than that.

"Delilah!" she called over her shoulder.

Seconds later, another fairy came out of the door in the back of the shop. This one had the same dark, sparkly skin and pointy ears, but her eyes were vivid purple and her hair light blue.

"What's up, cousin?" the new girl asked with a smile as she glanced at me. "Oh! You found your mate! So did Reggie! Go, go, go! I got the shop for the rest of the day!"

Giggling, Georgina held her hand out to me.

"We have an apartment upstairs. Come on! I'll show it to you, then we can talk and get to know each other."

Her eyes sparkled with love, admiration, and enthusiasm, and I found myself stepping closer so I could hold her small hand in mine. The top of her thick, pretty hair came to just below my pecs, and I swallowed hard.

So tiny and delicate, I whispered to myself.Is this how the alphas feel with the luna? What if I break her? What if I—

Tiny and delicate or not, she is perfect for us,Sequoia hissed.Now stop worrying and smile at her, idiot, before she thinks something's wrong!

So I stopped worrying and smiled at her and let her lead me wherever she wanted to go.

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Gamma Rio Graves

I had to admit, I was a wee bit nervous about making our big announcement to the boys tonight.

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