----Alec---- ***Alec POV*** Her beauty was like no other. The way she desperately tried to hide her quick peeks at me melted my heart. I did notice that she had a weird choker type apparatus around her neck but she seemed defensive over it so I didn't ask. Carrying her through that forest, taking care of her made my wolf howl with happiness even though I was still confused over the fact that my fated mate wasn't a werewolf at all. The way she bantered with me made my heart sing as my wolf kept screaming 'mate! She's our mate!' In my ears. Truthfully, I didn't think I had a mate. At twenty-four years old, no she-wolves even came close to interesting me. I thought I was destined to be alone or my mate was dead, but no, here she was, very much alive and even more radiant than I co

