Chapter 33: Your Mate
Alex
The frozen river stretched endlessly behind me. It looked white and silent under the light falling snow. My breath came out in sharp clouds that vanished into the night air. I felt my heart still pounding against my ribs from everything that had already gone wrong today. I should have known that peace would never last for someone like me. In this pack, trouble always found me eventually.
Sam’s hand was still resting on my arm. It was a warm, comforting weight, but then a familiar, suffocating presence hit me from behind. I felt the air grow heavy with a scent I knew too well.
I shoved Sam back. I hit his chest hard enough to break his hold on me and quickly spun around. I saw Kaelan as he strode forward toward us. His eyes were blazing with a golden light tha
