Marcus POV
I make my way through the trees near the southern border of the pack. This particular border isn't far from the main pack house, but it's far enough that most pack members don't spend much time out here. It's all dense trees except a strip of land right before yous step into rogue territory. As I approach a particular large knotted tree, I smile when Esmerelda steps into view. No other member of the pack knows she even exists. I was ten when I met her for the first time. She actually saved me from a rogue wolf.
I think she was about fifteen at the time. She had just gotten her powers but didn't have good control. She is the only reason I made it to seventeen. I had wished for the longest time that she would be my mate, but when she turned eighteen, nothing happened. Now she i
