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“That would be great. Thank you.”

“Should we get home now?” Warren had snapped out of his slump. He’d been torn about Evren coming, but now that she was here, he was smiling with the rest of us.

“Yes. Hungry?” I asked our mate.

“I’m going to finish this but, yeah, I am.”

I nodded. “Good. We have chili in the slow cooker at home.”

“We do?” she asked.

“We do. No shortage of food with three hungry males around.” Although we’d have to ensure she always got all she wanted before we gobbled more than our share.

Evren blew out a breath. Relief blanketed her scent. Was her pack life so bad she didn’t have ample food?

We would have to find out and then make sure she always had what she needed.

Hopefully, she would open up to us soon.

“After you,” Warren said and opened the back door. We piled into the car. She finished off her muffin.

If she wanted, I would teach her all I knew about baking and the business. Whatever was mine was hers once we were mated.

And we would be because if I knew she was my fated then her wolf knew it too. Time would determine it all, but now that she was here, I was impatient about the whole thing.

I wanted my bite on her neck and more importantly, her bite in mine.

Then we would be settled for the first time.

My wolf would be content.

And I would be the happiest male on the damned planet.

Chapter Thirteen

Evren

How did I get so lucky?

Imagine a pack like this who might be mine. I didn’t know a lot about any of them yet, but Lark owned a bakery where everything smelled amazing and that muffin, oh my gosh. So delicious. They were all so nice and polite to me, too. Opening doors and carrying my bag. It wasn’t until we pulled up at their home that I had to acknowledge how dangerous a situation this could have been. Three males, all bigger-and-stronger looking than any I’d known before. And nobody knew where I was.

I’d wanted it that way.

I should be really frightened. Probably getting out of there ASAP, but my wolf, who had never let me down before, was putting out a warm, happy feeling I’d never experienced before. My whole life, she’d been on edge, something I hadn’t quite realized until she wasn’t. I felt terrible for her having to share my existence under such pressure.

We are in this together. And we found our way here together. A longer speech than she’d ever given, but it said so much.

“Evren, you okay?” Warren, who had been so quiet had such a reassuring tone to his voice. “What’s wrong?”

I offered a small smile, all I could manage. “My wolf was just talking to me. Sorry.”

“Don’t apologize. Our wolves do the same. I hope she isn’t unhappy with us.”

“No. Just the opposite. She is happy to be here.”

“That’s the best compliment I’ve ever received,” Rain said. “Our wolves see past the glare of the everyday things we deal with. If your wolf is anything like mine, she doesn’t care about possessions and movies and even what you eat unless it’s something she hunts for herself.”

He already knows me.