Hugo was riding on his horse ahead of us while Arthur and I were riding our horses side by side. We were now hours into the journey and it was now close to evening. In less than two days' time, we would arrive back at the Royal Crescent Pack and I would have to face the same set of people that did not like me, Helen and Hayden excluded. All because they thought I was merely human and inferior to them. I turned to look at Arthur only to find him staring and a smile broke on my face. "What are you thinking about?" Arthur asked me. "About your pack," I replied. "What about it?" "Now that we have accepted each other as mates, am I supposed to shift when we reach there to prove to them than I am one of them?" "You are my mate and that should be enough. Either they accept you or the

