I’ve never felt this in control of myself before. Not in a fight. Not during a shift. Not even when I took my oath as Alpha.
Since we completed the bond... I’ve never felt more alive.
Being mated—truly mated—is nothing like the stories. Most of us never get the real thing. We get versions of it—convenient partnerships, alliances, love if we’re lucky. But a true bond? That’s rare. No one told me what it would really feel like.
No one warned me that I’d feel everything she does.
Her emotions move through me like currents, soft and electric. I know when she’s anxious. When she’s calm. When she’s holding back something too big for words. I know where she is, even now—and it hasn’t even been a full day.
And still... she insisted we tell the pack. Right away.
“It’s the right thing,” she sa
