All I wanted to do was run outside and shift and run and run and run. I didn’t want to stay here anymore, I didn’t want to face my fate in just a few hours, and I did not want to have to deal with this love-sick fool right in front of me. That sparkle in his eye, that curve of his lip, I knew that look. He was in love with Orchid, and being his mate meant nothing to him, which meant I was fated to suffer without my mate forever.
I cleared my throat and gestured around the room. “There is one other event before the Feast. Would you please stay here until we come to get you for the Feast? I promise nothing will happen to Orchid.”
He frowned a bit and the twinkle vanished out of his eyes. “You’re hiding something, Hazel.”
“What I’m hiding is of no concern of yours. If you really want Orchi
