The words had struck Heiko like a thunderbolt. His wolf had never communicated so directly with him, and the command left him reeling.
“Why?” Heiko demanded, stunned. “What’s so special about her? I can't feel her as being our fated mate.”
His beast growled, resolute. “She saw me. She didn’t run. She is ours.”
Too shocked to argue, Heiko found himself obeying his wolf’s unprecedented command. When his father opened the floor for him to declare his intentions, Heiko stepped forward without fully understanding why.
The room had fallen into stunned silence. Heiko saw the confusion and judgment in his family’s eyes, particularly in his cousin Thas, who seemed caught between amusement and disbelief. Even the omega herself, River, had stared at him with wide, astonished eyes, as though she c
