GHIAN COULDN’T GO WITH him, an Alpha rarely left his territory, even if Ghian had plenty of pack members to help patrol, it still wasn’t done. Aalyan didn’t give the tradition any thought, in fact, it never occurred to him that it might be a problem until he was all packed and ready to follow Telez, Sirin and Naneni down to the river crossing. They were in the main clearing where the Awá shared their meals, everyone seemed to have come, most to watch, but both Tlessi and Chaikuni had taken Aalyan aside for a short conversation.
They all seemed to disappear as he turned for a last look at his mate and found Ghian’s golden eyes already on him.
Aalyan gulped, suddenly apprehensive. It was absurd, naturally his old pack would do him no harm and Ghian... He stepped up to his alpha and crushed
