Merrick POV You. Are. Mine! You. Are. Mine! You. Are. Mine! These words kept ringing in my head with no respite. That voice played over and over vibrating in my skull. My head swirled in a foggy gray cloud as I walked slowly in circles in a haze. I tried to remember what happened that night. I was ready to spend a glorious evening with my lady, to make her mine. I remember the phone calls, phone calls that begged to see me. I had no intention of going further with her. She was just a little fun to pass the time. I had been searching for my chosen mate and when I had a clear conscious of who that would be, I asked her to be mine. As nervous as I was, I trusted our feelings more than the fear of her answer. When she said yes, she would be mine, I was ecstatic! Even Apache was howling in

