I could not rush after Lena fast enough as she fled from the lounge. I had paused momentarily to talk to my brother, and those few moments had been enough to leave her time to escape. I could just see her body retreating in the distance. I had seen the pain in her eyes at my brother’s words, and that had caused a response within me that I was finding hard to explain…
‘Hurry…’ My wolf urged, as I darted between the odd pack member that appeared to be lingering in the packhouse corridor. I needed to reach my mate…
‘Mate?’ Ghost questioned. ‘I don’t believe she has agreed to that just yet.’
I faltered momentarily at his words. I had called her my mate without even thinking. That thought had appeared. But I did not pause to think further. We had discussed being together and that was enough
