NATALIA
After changing into appropriate clothes and— repeatedly— reassuring Max that I am okay, and that I can convince the guys, I finally make my way outside.
“It's been thirty minutes, Natalia,” Aaron snips. I roll my eyes at him.
“You look like mom when you do that. It freaks me out.” Alex shivers. I stick my tongue out at my older brothers. Nothing can take away my good mood this morning. Not even these brutes.
I brush my fingers over my mark, loving the tingle that comes from it. It’s beautiful; the moon and fire combination. Its perfect. I might have cried at the sight if my buffoons of brothers weren’t threatening my mate. All these years, how could they not have picked up on it?
“Dumb asses,” Ivy snorts.
I lead them down the drive, turning left to walk along bare maple
