oved, but I couldn't bring myself to like i

as a fight, don't you think the entire pack

s wasn't me. I tugged at the pink skirt in a vain attempt t

a tank top. It might not be the fanc

ant to wear the blouse and a skirt, at least wea

ble in it, but it was way better than trying to wear one of those slinky monstrosities

voice called from downstairs

," Jade offered. "If our mate thinks that we'

ineteen for a few hours at this point, not even a full twenty-four, and all she

going to support our Alpha and Beta and to welcome them home. That's it. We just turned nineteen. I'm positi

Jade sighed heavily and I could feel her frowning at me. "It's the beginning

My best friend will always be ther

tually, Jewel." Jade hu

'd won

t me. He paused and scrunched his nose. "Yo

hing with at least a skirt." I adjusted the black blouse. It clung far more than I liked, but still b

ul. But don't worry, I'm sure we'll be ignored, anyway. Wel

help but smile. "Come on, let's hurry up and get

y pretty chill." Kale offered me his arm, and I

ter him. "It's just since this morning, honestly. She thinks we're going to find ou

that. He hasn't cared about our mate yet

athways were crowded. I wished we could have just taken a shortcut through the woods. None of

pha and our Beta." Kale shrugged.

perfumes that the other women had spritzed themselves with in an attempt to get attention. Quinn was probably in one of those packs. I choked

e be attracted to someone like Quinn? I sniffed the surrounding air. Some

e smell of sweaty males? Sure, I wouldn't

beneath it was the strangest combinations of scents. The s

rward. If I hadn't been on my guard against her

ld focus on was dread. No! I couldn't meet my mate like this! I should have wor

ale reached for me, but

and pushing my way through the group still streaming into the big house. It was hard to work

stop until I was surrounded by the trees, and then only long enough for me to shift. I took c

w where I'd end up, but I'd at least

t