No amount of washing in the lake would erase what they had done. Zeke had never felt such peace, and Shadow was the most content he’d ever been.
He sat on the bank, letting the sun dry his body as he watched his mate swim back to him after she had washed herself.
His scent was all over her. And there was that subtle change in her scent—the way wolves changed scents once they mated. Once they were bonded for life to one another. Everyone would know, even if they didn’t see his mark.
He couldn’t help but grin as she came out of the water and instantly tried to hide from him.
“My father’s going to kill you. And my brothers,” Ava stated.
That was actually a possibility. He’d defiled their little girl in all sorts of delicious and decadent ways.
“He’ll love me.”
That was probably not tr
