“I don’t think fun is the right word.” My fingers sank into Wyatt’s wolf’s fur. I lost the willpower to stop them.
It felt even softer between my fingers.
“This doesn’t change the plan,” Abby added. “You can head to Graham and Stella’s house to see that she’s fine. Nico and I will get there a little after you guys, so we can show you to Wyatt’s place and help you figure everything out afterward.”
“Great.”
“What questions do you have?”
“What questions do Inothave, Abby?”
“That’s valid.”
“Can you just start with a summary of the mating thing?”
“Right. Good call. So after the eyes go red and the guy gets trapped in his wolf form, he’s stuck like that, and will stay with you until his wolf decides that he doesn’t think you’ll reject him. Then he’ll bite you, which turns you into a werewolf.”
I squeezed my eyes shut.
My fingers tightened in the wolf’s fur.
He licked my arm a couple of times. It should’ve been gross, but was kind of comforting.
“Rejection? Finn said I can’t reject Wyatt without killing him.”
The wolf licked my arm again.
Finn growled at me.
Wyatt’s wolf growled back, louder.
I ignored them both.
Wyatt already said Finn had a complicated history with women, which I was pretty sure translated to him not liking us.
“He’s technically right, but you could still reject him. Your wolf could, at least. She’ll make the final decision as far as mating goes. Wyatt and a bunch of the other guys in our pack were already rejected once. It’s really rare for a male werewolf to survive being rejected by even one mate, so if you reject him, his chance of survival is pretty much zero.”
So Finn was right. Rejecting the werewolf would kill him.
But I didn’t have a say in it anyway, because ultimatelymy wolfwas going to decide.
That was kind of fucked up, but so was everything else in Moon Ridge.
“After you turn into a werewolf, your wolf will be trying to decide whether or not she wants Wyatt. They call that the mate chase. You’ll have to keep him in your line of sight at all times until your wolf decides to bite him. When she does, you’ll be mated permanently, which starts the climax. That part is self explanatory.”
“Something tells me it involves sex.”
“Loads of it,” Abby confirmed. “After that, the mating process is over, and you live happily ever after.”
“The end,” I said flatly.
“Mmhm. It’s all kind of fun, actually. I think Stella and Graham are in the climax, so that’s exciting.”
“Sounds like so much fun.”
“Okay, okay, I hear that sarcasm. I’m sure it’s overwhelming right now, but it’ll get easier. And better. At least no one is going to accuse you of being on drugs.”
“IwishI was on drugs right now.”
