Holding my mate in my arms as she collapses back into my embrace. I feel the mate bond snap into place as I lick the wound, using my saliva to help it heal. A glow spreads through me as our souls, bodies and wolves tie together at every level to be reborn as two halves of the same piece. The bond seems to be overflowing as the alpha power flows from me to create my luna, but it also feels like alpha power is coming back at me, building me stronger. Is Lorna descended from alphas? The power feels like it has a life of its own, pulsating an aura around us. So much power, building and building, as the merge crescendos. I instinctively pull my Lorna to me tighter, sheltering her, protecting her from what’s to come. Suddenly, it reaches its peak, and violently erupts. I can feel it through

