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Well, that needed to be remedied.
“You’ll have to give me your class first.”
“Oh, it’ll be multiple classes. Icangive them to you first, though. That would probably be good practice, and it’ll help me to know what questions your guys will probably have.”
“Myguys?”
“Well, you’re the alpha. And they’re definitely notmyguys. Though I guess you said you want them to be mine.”
“They can be yours after you’ve mated yourself to me. And you’ll still be mine far more than you’re theirs.”
“You and your possessiveness,” she teased. “You’re lucky you’re so pretty.”
I grinned again, scooping her up just so I could hear her little squeal, and then carrying her back into the den so I could feed her.
Iwaslucky… but my luck had nothing to do with my looks.
fifteen
EZRA
I wantedto offer to cook dinner with Ivaylo, but knew he wouldn’t love that idea. So, I asked him if he would teach me about Evare’s food while he cooked, and he readily agreed.
My ass was planted on the countertop, my legs dangling over the ledge. He told me about the plants that grew in the Broken Woods, and the herbs that were the best for seasoning. They had their own version of salt that was a lot more sour than the Earth kind, but I really liked it.
I described some of the foods on Earth for him, and he taught me about the closest equivalents in Evare, promising I’d get to try all of them when we visited the pack full of mated shifters in the Peaks.
They were much more industrious than his pack, apparently. There were enough of them to run bakeries, shops, and other things that the wolves hadn’t bothered with since their numbers began dwindling.
Personally, I thought Ivaylo’s pack would be much more appealing to the other Earth humans if they had those things. When I admitted it to Ivaylo, he told me bluntly that if I taught that in my human classes, bakeries and shops would go up quickly.
I countered that I didn’t want to force them into anything, and the man legitimately snorted at me.
Anything that would make the women more comfortable would be done, immediately, without question.
Except not biting them if there was a mate run, of course. That wasn’t an option.
They didn’t have control over it though, so I supposed they couldn’t be blamed for it.
We debated whether we could convince the wolves not toforcetheir mate runs unless a human woman agreed, and determined we would do our best to persuade them. No one could stop a run if it was fated, but it seemed like there was some leeway, and we hoped we could use that.
Ivaylo and I continued chatting while we ate, and then cleaned up together, still talking.
“So, can you explain the mate run thing to me like I’m completely clueless?” I asked him, flashing a guilty grin his way. “I still don’t really get it.”
He returned my grin. “I suppose they don’t have mate runs on Earth.”
“Nope.”
“A mate run is basically a type of temporary, frenzy-fueled insanity. In my case, I caught the scent of the woman fate intended for me, the frenzy set in, and I ran to you faster than I’ve ever moved before. It’s different for everyone; some shifters experience a mate run every few years as their body urges them to take a mate. Others never experience a natural run, so they force one.”
Huh.
“How can you force one?”
“The frenzy’s magic is located here.” He tapped his sternum. “Technically, it belongs only to the males of our species. A female shifter has no frenzy of her own, but is tied to the power of the male who bites her when their bond is formed. A mate bond always combines the magic of those it connects.”
“So all of this glow is yours?” I gestured around myself. The frenzy’s warm magic had swelled through the night, but neither of us had mentioned it.
