o

once my hair was washed. I had exerted myself to the point of exhaustion, just

, seeing Deacons light blue eyes and mess of dark hair, my

ven think

ivacy, even though he's seen me thousands of times. It's how wolves are. We are

warmth, the hot, humid air surrounding me, care

enormous Pack House, so we wouldn't run into anyone at th

idn't want

lt like falling. As we walked, I noticed how tall he had gotten over the years. I'd never really paid attention, but Deacon had reall

thought. Something hypnotic about how the surface of the lake reflected the deep blue sky above us, while the ripples made it seem like a lake

s loosin

We used to take the boats out all the time, just laughing, joking, having our mo

e friends because I just didn't like them, all they ever thought abo

, wishing I ha

was the sole reason they came to me with their fake smiles of friendship. Eit

y wished she was here right now. There were a few females

slightly, reminding me not to wiggle. The sun had sunk into the western part of the sky, yielding a beau

his

ead. I wasn't going to let him h

out of my thoughts once more, I wondered if

d a line of trees that crowded the shore, blocking the bright evening sun. We were obscured from t

es that were similar to his brother's. I didn't want to talk about anything to do

something

, dipping my hand in the

d in the water and flicking it u

rrowed my e

cracking into a full-blown grin, f

ses." His smirk

im with water. "I kn

ed. "Is i

r the side of the canoe. If 'tragedy' had a pictu

him? Has he told you if he w

s pup. Your brother is a gentleman, unfortunately." I grumbled the last, pouting over the fact

e because of his mistake and it killed me that he had to go and do the

was too late to go back on his wor

e came home? What did he say?" Deacon leaned forward, taking my h

The day a wolf finds their mate is supposed to be

lly, my wolf making her appearance after hours of bones snapping and moving, realigning to fit my wolf. Alpha Bl

had just arrived home from his summer away at Blue Moon territory and the entire pack had wandered

e Luna Penelope had told me and I was feeli

joined at the hip, but his brother was the one that

brother got out of the truck, his frame larger than it once was. He

t me and the world

sc

nside my head, howling and pawing at my mind.

e searched the crowd. His gaze locked onto mine, his sky-blue eyes focused onto

it be that we grew up together, part of each other's family, never knowing we w

g it. How could I be so lucky to find my mate so quickly and it being