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His parents nodded, and Bevvi engulfed Ivaylo in a hug—or attempted to, at least. He was so much bigger than her that it wasn’t all thatengulfing.
“But it worked, and of course you were the first to find a mate.” She pulled away, and eyed him. “Did you force your run?” Her gaze flicked to me without giving him time to answer. “Did he force his run?”
“Nope. The other guys in the pack were with him when fate took over,” I said.
Her shoulders relaxed, and pride flooded her eyes. “Well, you’re the one keeping everyone alive. You deserved it the most.”
I snorted.
Ivaylo scowled. “No onedeserves itmore than anyone else.”
She patted him on the shoulder, shaking her head. “I gave birth to you. I’m allowed to pick favorites.”
“Do I smell a newly-mated couple?” a male voice boomed from higher up on the mountain.
I bit my lip to hide a smile when Ivaylo stepped closer to me, his arm going around my waist and holding me securely.
“Ivaylo has a female!” Bevvi called back, stepping away to give us more space.
Ivaylo pulled me tighter to his side as another male shifter came striding down the mountain, wearing a massive grin. “Serae finally came through?”
“She did. Alpha Torix, this is my mate, Ezra.”
“Ezra. You’re from another world, I assume?” He stopped beside Rell and studied me with interest. Since he was just as shirtless as the rest of the werewolves, I could see clearly that he wore a golden claim marking on his neck, declaring that he was mated.
Like Bevvi and Rell, he had no tattoos.
Ivaylo’s grip tightened on my hip anyway.
It hadn’t passed my notice that his dad hadn’t tried to hug me or shake my hand. Since our bond was new and still unsealed, I assumed another man touching me was one of those things that could definitely trigger Ivaylo’s possessiveness.
He didn’t try to stop me from talking, and had never attempted to prevent me from having a normal, friendly conversation with his pack. So, I knew talking wasn’t taboo.
“I’m from Earth,” I explained. “Apparently the humans in my world are like sponges in yours. If we mate with a magical being or live near you guys, we become like you.”
I was extra excited about thelive near youpart.
Not for my sake, but for the sake of the women who came in the future. Not all of them would be fated to unmated shifters, but they would still need a safe, comfortable place to live. A place where they would belong.
Maybe even a place where they could fall in love with life in a way they may not have had the chance to on Earth.
“Come on, I have to introduce you to the rest of the pack’s ladies,” Bevvi declared, looping her arm through mine.
Ivaylo was reluctant to release me, but when he looked at me, I nodded.
What else was there to do?
And besides, I was actually kind of excited to meet the female shifters. It had been too long since I’d been around another woman. I was looking forward to seeing all their vibrant-colored hair and learning what it was really like to be one of them.
I was still itchy, but it wasn’t bad enough to interfere with anything related to life, so there was nothing to do about it.
Except bite Ivaylo, but he was still trying to hold out for me to fall in love with him.
I wasn’t sure if I was already there or not… but if I wasn’t in love with him, I was so damn close to it that I didn’t see a point in waiting.
His culture wasn’t my own, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t go with it or believe in it myself.
“Bevvi will fight off the mated males,” Rell told Ivaylo with a grin. “Don’t worry.”
