---Marie: Flashback---
Our first kiss as mates was two weeks ago, but Kate and I haven’t kissed since. I wanted to be there for Kate and take whatever speed she needed, but I was starting to panic again.
We were hanging out after school, studying pack history together in the pack library. I had an old volume full of short biographies about previous pack Alphas and their contributions. “Oh apparently one of the Alphas was named Lindsey. Isn’t that a girl’s name?” I asked her.
“It used to be a male name, actually. At one point it switched, but I’m not really sure why.” She replied absentmindedly, thumbing through her own ancient text.
I noticed that Kate’s hand was within inches of my own. Was that an accident? Or was she trying to tell me she was okay with me holding it but not ready t
