Mine. His howl rang confidently. We raced through the night, reveling in our wolves. There was not a moment of fear in her, and when we finally collapsed back near our clothes, her tongue rolled out of her mouth happily. With a chuckle, I shifted back. A moment later, she followed suit. Her face was flushed with adrenaline as she stared up at me. “Claudine is not going to be the only alpha with a hidden agenda,” she murmured, not doing anything to hide her nakedness. “No.” Slowly, I curved a hand around her thigh and waited to see how her body would react. She did shift, but only to widen her legs. “We’ll be ready.” “Will we?” she bit out, her voice like glass. “After dinner, Claudine looked me in the eye and asked how it felt to f**k a mate who doesn’t trust me. She’s not the on

