MAYA
Dad’s office is on the opposite side of the house. I can hear him on the phone, his Alpha voice carrying through the walls as he deals with pack business.
Perfect.
I slip downstairs and out the back door, shifting to wolf form the second I hit the trees.
My white wolf streaks through the forest, moving fast and silent. The full moon is huge overhead, turning everything silver. My wolf feels powerful, alive, desperate to get to our…mate?
Because that’s what Damon is, I realize. Even if he won’t admit it. Even if we haven’t completed the bond.
He’s mine. And I’m his.
I just need to make him accept it.
I reach the north gate in ten minutes, shifting back to human form behind a cluster of trees. I pull my hoodie back on, zipping it up. I’m naked underneath—shifting destroys clothe
