It's been years since Ryder took over. After we found that body, it destroyed him. For ages he didn't speak to me, he hated that I was with Malia. When we first shifted, Malia went to pet him and he shifted back to our human form without any warning, it was excruciating. Every time Malia was near, he'd retreat further into my mind.
It got to the point he was never there. We would shift once a day to go for a run, but he would never take the lead and never spoke to me. My dad said once he accepted that his mate was gone, he'd grow to accept Malia. I think part of the reason I couldn't mark Malia was because of him. I'm glad he was a stubborn wolf and never accepted his mate was gone.
′Ryder let me out. Nothing is going to get sorted if I stay in here.′ I sighed exasperatedly.
"You will n
