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I know they said it would be painful, but I wasn’t expecting this kind of pain. Before I can think any longer about it, I open my eyes and realize I am no longer kneeling on the ground. I am standing on four legs, looking through my wolf's eyes.

“You did great Nova, I am proud of you. Now are you ready to give our mate a run for his money,”Nyx asks me.

“I am always down to give him a run for his money,” I tell her.

She sits down and looks up at Silas. He is smiling handsomely, with pride shining in his eyes. He walks over to us and is about to kneel to pet our fur when Nyx takes off running.

I hear him shout, “Oh you want to play games huh,” as we are running further into the woods.

I didn’t realize how freeing running through the woods would be until now. The wind rushing through our fur, the crisp mountain air filling our lungs, and the snow puffing as our paws hit the ground.

Chapter 20

Nyx

Although we are working together now, but I am ready to claim my mate. Hopefully, Storm will give chase. He needs to be so wound up that it will be cake for me to claim him. I know Nova is new to the world of wolves, but I have been talking to Storm without the knowledge of our humans. We have beentrying to get the human parts of us to finally move on from how we got here.

Now that I am finally free, I am going to have to push her further into the recess of our shared mind. There will be nothing that will stop me from claiming my mate, not even the human portion of me. I know I am taking the choice away from her, but to complete the bond, both sides have to claim each other. Storm initiated ours by biting me. Now I have to bite him back. Sighing, then we have to get the humans to do it as well.

They are going to be the hardest ones to convince because they allow their emotions to get in the way of their nature. Wolves don’t take emotions into consideration, we follow our instincts.

I’m rushing through the woods, turning every so often to keep the game alive. I know that if Storm really wanted to catch me, he would. Looking over my haunch, I notice he isn’t behind me at all. Damn, I really thought he was going to give chase.

I see a clearing up ahead where the snow is glistening. Deciding that I am going to stop there and bask in the sun. As I run into the clearing with my muzzle towards the sky, I catch the scent of our mate. I bring my nuzzle down and slide to a stop. There, in the middle of the clearing, is our mate, sitting on his haunches. He smirks at me as if I came to him exactly as he planned. I mean, I guess I did.

He stands and paces in a circle around me. The entire time, neither of us breaking eye contact. “Our beautiful Little Wolf has finally graced us with her presence,” he says through our mind link.

Forcing wind out of our snout, “There is no way that you knew this is where I would go. I changed directions several times.”

He huffs out a sound that seems like a laugh, “I know these woods better than you do. I also kept adjusting my direction to make you think you were the one deciding where we were going. Then, when I had you close enough, I ran ahead to sit here. Surely, you aren’t already testing my knowledge of you?”

Shaking my head from side to side, “Fine, you caught me. Now, what are you going to do?”

He moves in closer, continuing to pace around me. Now the circle isn’t big enough for me to follow him. Once behind me, he snaps his jaws by my neck. I whip around to face him. I lunge at him with my teeth bared. He shifts out of the way. I land in the snow beside him. I whip my head towards him with my teeth bared.

He huffs out another laugh. Growling, I lunge at him again. Ugh, why does he have to make fun of me? “Are you going to do something, Nyx, or are we going to just keep playing around?”

I have to submit to him in order to bite him. It’s rare that we have a female alpha, almost unheard of. I just don’t want to submit right away, but if I want to claim my mate, then I will have to do it.

I lower my body down towards the ground and lay my ears flat against my head. I crawl, taking a tentative few steps. His ears snap to alert me. I keep pushing closer to him, showing my submission. He tilts his head as if he isn’t sure that he should believe it.

I am only one step away from him when I lunge for him and catch him off guard. Hovering over Storm on his back, I stare at him in victory.

“Nooooo, don’t do it.”Somehow, Nova has pushed through the mental wall. Damn it.

“Be quiet Nova, this is supposed to happen. One day you will figure that out too. In the meantime, we will mate him.”

Before either Storm or Nova can stop me, I clamp my snout down on his throat. I apply enough pressure to ensure that the mark will not heal.

Finally, he is ours. I can’t wait for the official mating where we can be knotted by him. Just going to work extra hard on convincing the human sides to accept this.

Chapter 21

Silas

The next morning, after our first run through the woods, I am feeling as though things are going to be fine until there is a knock at my office door. I know that we only have two days to get everything finalized before the Ghost River Pack comes to collect their debt.

“Come in,” I say without looking up from my paperwork.

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