Magnus nods, unable to deny what all three of them now recognise. "I think so. It's not complete, but..."
"But it's there," Dorothy finishes, her voice barely above a whisper. She can feel it too, not as strongly as Magnus, whose coming-of-age is mere weeks away, but enough to recognise the pull between them as something beyond ordinary attraction.
The studio falls silent as the implications settle over them. A mate bond forming before the ceremony is rare but not unheard of, especially when one wolf is approaching their coming-of-age. The Moon Goddess sometimes reveals her choices early when the connection is particularly strong or necessary.
"The Elders won't like this," Ethan says finally, his protective instincts now concerned with a different kind of threat. "They've been planning
