Henrietta kept tossing in her bed, the sun already rising in the east, fully awake. For the past few days of her training and the first time of wolf shifting, her wolf wouldn't stop nudging her about Gideon. That night of the full moon, she felt her wolf acknowledging Gideon as her mate. But this time, it wasn't as aggressive as before where it attempted to coerce herself to mark him. Not only that, she felt his wolf attempting to communicate back. It was because of the mate bond between them that they were both affected. It was something she couldn't control... or could be. She consulted Rowan about this when she visited to her infirmary out of boredom. Rowan said that it was pretty normal that mate bonds often stirred instincts and emotions long before either side fully acknowledg

