“Easy,” Nico said, striding over to me. “No one knew this was going to happen. Seems like fate has her sight set on our pack at the moment.”
“And our friend group,” Abby agreed.
“This better not keep happening to the rest of the ladies,” Jade grumbled.
“It’s not as bad as you think,” Abby said. “Having a mate is kind of the best.”
“Kind of?” Nico teased.
She flashed him a grin. “Yeah, kind of.”
“Stop flirting. I need a summary of what’s coming next,” Jade said. “I thought I was supposed to be stuck in the wolf until she bit Wyatt.”
“Oh, no, that’s only for the hunt. Since his wolf already bit you, now you just wait for yours to be ready to bite him back. She’ll take over sometimes, but mostly she’ll just be watching him through you.”
“Well, that’s ominous.”
Especially when you’ve already been rejected once.
“After she bites him, the sex thing happens?” Jade checked.
“The climax,” Abby agreed.
“Unless my wolf rejects him.”
I clenched my jaw.
“That almost never happens. And besides, Wyatt is great. Your wolf would have to be a moron to reject him,” Abby said.
Jade’s chest rumbled.
Her hand flew to her heart, surprise lifting her eyebrows. “That’s new.”
“Female werewolves are possessive too,” Nico said, stepping over to his mate’s side. His arm went loosely around her waist, but I saw the caution in his stance.
Testing a werewolf in any stage of the mating process was a bad idea.
“We should get going,” Nico added. “You’ll need time to get to know each other before you have to figure out what to do about your jobs on Monday.”
Jade’s forehead creased. “If my wolf’s just going to watch him, why do we need to do anything about our jobs?”
“She’s not going to let him out of your sight until she bites him, remember?” Abby asked.
“What? Why?”
Abby shrugged. “Ask fate. Good luck!”
She and Nico went back to their truck while Jade scowled at their backs. When Abby waved, Jade reluctantly waved back.
Now, I had to figure out how to talk to the woman my wolf had bitten.
Shit.
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My eyes followedWyatt across the garage as he walked back to the stuff he’d gathered. I was pretty sure he was planning on doing an oil change. My dad had tried to teach me about cars and engines and whatnot when I was a kid, but I’d always preferred to sit nearby with my nose in a book.
