Chapter 16
Listening to my mother’s quiet breathing from the next hotel bed over while I lay intertwined with four wolves that night, I relaxed at last. And as my eyes closed and I drifted into near sleep, my consciousness followed the tether binding me to Hunter until I was once again drifting behind my mate’s eyes.
The uber-alpha was more awake than I was, but otherwise our situations were so similar I accidentally forced a small laugh from his lips. My long, tall mate was stretched out in human form atop a king-sized bed. And scattered around him were wolves.
Big wolves, small wolves. Sleek wolves, scarred wolves.
Every specimen was a bloodling. And every one was blissfully asleep.
“I’ve been waiting for you to show up.” He spoke aloud, his low rumble sounding subtly different thro
