Hunter listened to Samantha as she talked about all the way things could go wrong if your mate wasn't satisfied with you as a partner. Hearing her speaking, and also her thoughts, he could tell that her "unknown" mate's opinions meant a lot to her already. "Speaking of mates... Clare, is she your mate?" Samantha asked Hunter abruptly in the way of a conversation. Hunter looked up at red rimmed eyes, from crying earlier, that were now filled with curiosity. Samantha's lips were lifted in a tiny smile in a way that Hunter recognized as teasing. He shook his head and looked away, instead gazing at the sun in the sky far away. He had not even thought a lot about it. Clare was a wolf which kind of meant that she had a mate somewhere. Someone who was destined to catch her heart and keep it.

