KYLE POV
They say the bond is a miracle.
And I believed it. Always did.
I saw it in my parents—the way my mother’s eyes lit up whenever Dad walked into the room, how he could calm her down with just a touch. I watched them fight, sure, but I also watched them make up, stronger every time. Their love wasn’t perfect, but it was real.
And I wanted that. Craved it.
Since I was eighteen, I’d been waiting. Hoping. Every run through the woods, every pack gathering, every patrol across another border—I searched for her. For the one.
So when we finally found our mate… when she stepped into our world and turned everything upside down with one look…
I broke.
Not in a bad way. In a fu*ck-I-can’t-breathe-unless-she’s-smiling kind of way.
The bond hit me like lightning—sweet and searing, full o
