Page 8 of Fearful Mate

“Lola?”she asks waving her hand in front of my face.“Are you okay?”

“Does anyone else live with you except your mate?”I know I’m being rude, but the answer is important.I won’t go inside if I can fuck things up for someone else.

“Not anymore,” she says with a frown.“Thomas left last month so it’s just the two of us.”

I breathe in a lungful of the scent as Emmaleigh allows me entrance.Thomas.Our mate’s name is Thomas.My wolf wants to take control once more and track him down, but I fight to keep her under control.

“There is a lot going on tonight,” Godrick cuts in.“Perhaps just get some rest and we can talk everything through in the morning?We can introduce you to everyone.”

My wolf snaps at him in the recesses of my mind, wanting to hurt the big male for keeping her from what she actually wants, but I force myself to keep a lid on her grumpy ass, she has had enough action for one night.

“That could be hard,” I say through gritted teeth.“You’ve seen what my wolf is like when she wants to get out.”Godrick frowns and I know he isn’t comprehending what I am saying so I have to spell it out for him.“My fated mate is in this compound.”

“Fuck,” Godrick and Emmaleigh say in unison.

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Instead of stayingwith Emmaleigh and her mate, I get taken back to the Alpha’s house.Peyton suggested I stay with them until I can get my wolf under control and figure out how to approach my mate.I haven’t told them I know who my mate is yet, fear of rejection keeping me from pursuing him in any way.Staying here is for the best.Caine will be able to control me in some fashion with his Alpha commands and at the moment it is the best chance we have.

“This isn’t ideal,” Caine says as we sit in their kitchen.

“Not ideal?”Peyton asks with a raised brow, sarcasm dripping from every word.“What if I had told you that you had to stay away from me when you first felt our bond?”

“My moon...”

She cuts him off with a glare.“Don’t you daremy moonme.You know you would have torn anyone and everyone limb from limb to get to me.”

“This is for the best,” I interject, not wanting her to be upset.“No one here knows me.My mate could refuse me.We need to take the night and let calmer minds do the thinking in the morning, not a mate bond.”

“Why would he refuse you?”Caine asks harshly.

A sad smile plays on my lips.“Not everyone wants a massive, volatile dire wolf as their mate.”

“Bullshit!And any one of my people that refuses a mating based on breed better start looking for a new pack.”Disdain at the mere thought pours from him in waves.“I will not have anyone else suffer like my moon did.”

I stare at her in shock but all she does is shrug.“My dad is mated to a panther.”

“What?”

She nods with a smile.“Massive age gap.She is his second chance at happiness after my mom died.I’ll tell you the story sometime when everything calms down.”Caine snorts.“If it ever calms down,” she amends with a loud sigh.

“It will take me a while to get used to all of this,” I say rubbing at my brow.“You people are by far the strangest pack I have ever met.”

Peyton laughs freely and before either can reply, a howl rends through the evening air right before the front door is splintered into pieces.A stunning onyx-colored wolf stands just outside, breathing harshly.His yellow gaze seeks me out immediately and I can’t help but smile.We may have thought it was a good idea to wait until morning, but my mate and his wolf have other plans.

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