Colt’s hands on my shoulder brought me back to the real world last night. He found me as a wolf, shuddering and whimpering in my sleep. The pain in my body was unimaginable; all my bones and flesh had mutated in the transformation, and after seeing Gavin, I only wanted to be human again. The freedom I felt in my dream was just an illusion. I could have no freedom knowing that Gavin was supposed to be my fated mate. I shifted back and cried in my brother’s arms before we went back to Hexen Manor, where Catrina and David were already home. Catrina looked at me with annoyance. David was angry I’d left the house, then curious that I’d found my wolf. But when I uttered the name of my fated mate, they both turned to disgust.
Ever since then, the weight of their disappointment crushed any sense
