Page 107 of The Vampire's Soul

“I was infected,” he added.

Ella swallowed and licked her lips uncomfortably, her eyes darting fucking everywhere.

“They’d changed his DNA, babe. Callan is a wolf shifter, and so am I.”

Her hand slapped to the spot he’d bitten her while bonding, and Mack’s heart splintered into a thousand shards.

It was as he feared.

Ella took a step back, her heart slamming inside her chest as her skin paled. Shock was setting in.

“Oh God, oh God, oh God. You infected me too!”

Mack nodded to the warriors, who moved closer. There was no way he could let her run. They were in Italy, on the verge of a nuclear war.

There were no guards on the property, only the SLCs, their mates, and the royal family.

“I don’t know. We don’t think so. But you are my mate, and that includes my wolf.”

“This is insane, Mack. No.”

There was only one thing left to do. He had to show her.

Mack dropped his sweatpants.

Then shifted.

Ella screamed.

ELLA

ELLA HEARD HER scream, piercing the night air as a large black and gray wolf appeared in front of her. It was almost as if someone else had done it. She’d never screamed like that in her life.

The wolf was enormous.

Kurt and Callan closed in on her with mutters ofstay calm, it’s okay.

“It’s not fucking okay. He is a WOLF!” she screamed, sounding deranged.

The wolf stood on all four of its strong legs, then shook out its fur like a puppy and tilted its head.

At her.

“It’s—he’s—looking at me,” she exclaimed, her voice all wonky and screechy.

“Hey Mack,” Callan said, reaching out and patting his head.

He barked.

BARKED!

“This is”—she turned her head back and forth between the wolf and the warriors—“this isn’t normal. Is this some joke? Mack, are you fucking with me? This is not funny.”

Another bark—well, more of a woof—hermatewas woofing at her.

Ella’s eyes hurt from being so wide, her heart rate dangerously high. Suddenly, everything was just too much. Way too much. Evacuating her country. Leaving her family. Bonding with a male who...was...a...

Ella felt the world closing in on her.

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