Catori POV
After tossing and turning all night with crazy nightmares of Hopi taking my father away from his family, I finally decide to just get up at 5AM and go outside for a run. I jog back into the woods behind my dad’s house and strip down letting Waya’s form take over. We run just to run, lost in the thoughts of how this life has progressed. My emotions are so conflicted. I have an immense pride for my pack and how far I have come, I have a deep love and desire for my mate, and I have a wretched fear creeping in the back of my mind for my father’s relationship. I want more than anything for my dad to be happy, but what if being mated to a vampire leads to an untimely demise for him? What harm could Hopi’s presence bring? Is there any way that she can only bring positivity? Which even
