***MICHAEL POV*** "I have a question for you, Astor." "What's up, Buggie?" she replied. We were walking the southern boundary, on our way to the patrol hut on that end of the property. I had been mildly amused about Theresa's reaction to being mated to Alec in the interrogation room, and I was absolutely thrilled that they were together. However, I had a sneaking suspicion that because I was a human, she missed out on something. "When was the first time you realized that I was your mate?" I asked. Mira thought for a moment. "I was on patrol when I came up to your property the day that you moved in. I had heard rumors from my dad that a new--and these are his words, not mine-- "hotshot teacher" had just moved to the area and we were going to have to reduce patr

