----Elaine----
I’d unpacked. I’d shifted a few of Kave’s things just to feel like I belonged here. I’d walked the length of his—our—suite, touching surfaces, memorizing the view from each window. And now… now the silence was pressing in around me like an invisible weight.
Wolves were territorial, and I knew better than to wander without purpose. My scent was new here, and if it drifted into the wrong place without an introduction, it might rub someone the wrong way.
Being the Alpha’s mate meant I would be given a certain level of respect—at first. But respect wasn’t the same as acceptance, and here, rank could crumble fast if people saw weakness.
If I stayed upstairs much longer, they’d start whispering that I was timid… or worse, that I was avoiding them. Either way, it would be a mar
