WOLF POV
It had been hours since I dropped Rio off at Bethany’s Trinket shop, yet I still hadn’t heard from her. Koda was bouncing off the walls within me, wanting to go back to her, but I needed to let her have her time. Despite wanting to be with her every second of the day, I needed to approach this more cautiously. Humans were different from shifters.
Shifters rarely hold back once they discover their mates. Humans, however, liked to be wooed. It was less primal and more social and polite.
Or at least what I am told.
When Koda got his back up, sensing that something was upsetting Rio enough that her emotions called out to us, I was on my bike, speeding the entire way into town. I didn’t care about traffic, streetlights, or which lane I was driving on.
All that mattered was keepin
