***Lexi*** ‘Weren’t we supposed to go meet your parents’, I remember suddenly. Nate laughs, ‘It’s ok, they’ll understand’ ‘You’re not going to tell them why we didn’t show are you?’ ‘They’ll know once they see you’ ‘What! How? I don’t understand’ ‘The bite Lexi, you’re marked, other wolves will be able to see that you’re marked by your mate, they won’t exactly know the details. But it’s not hard to guess’ ‘Could you look any more smug?’ He laughs as he pulls me in closer and kisses me, ‘with you, I’m never not going to be smug that you’re mine’ I don’t know how long we lay there in silence just enjoying the calm, a calm I’ve never experienced in my life. ‘You said others can hear the wolf?’ ‘When you’re in a pack you’re linked, so you can talk to each other even when they’re

