After Hunter left to get a plan moving, Eli and I start getting ready for dinner. I’m excited to finally talk to River and Aly about them being mates. I cannot believe it really - I felt a weird connection to her, but I just thought it was my wolf being comfortable with her and wanting us to be friends. Never in a million years would I have thought my brother was Aly’s mate - I hadn’t even thought of that possibility. “Ree, please promise me you will listen to whatever Hunter comes up with for a plan. Trust me when I say you don’t want to get in the middle of Hunter and any plan he sets into motion. He is your mate and he’s an alpha - he’s been trained to handle rogues and he will figure this out, okay? I know you don’t like being told what to do or told to stay out of a fight, but these

