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Chapter One
Sayer
Since I can remember, all my twin brother, Raleigh, and I have ever known is violence. We were ripped from our mother at an early age and trained to be in theShikari. An archaic cult of sorts, used by the older, more traditional packs to track down dangerous shifters and runaways if necessary.
Our father was a member until he was killed, and it was always expected of us to join. We were trained to be ruthless, fearless, and remorseless. Taught that all emotions were a hindrance and that any reaction was only a weakness and something that could be used to either your benefit or your detriment.
But the Katu pack changed all of that. The first moment we arrived in the pack we knew that these shifters were different from any we had ever experienced, and they proved us right when they accepted us into their pack without blinking an eye.
Keela and Godrick have opened their home and their family to us. Even though we were here to retrieve Godrick and return him to his original pack to face his accusers. We have been welcomed with open arms and treated like normal people instead of the killing machines we were raised to be. We aren’t shunned or looked upon with fear and it’s a surreal feeling.
I’m so deep in thought, reliving the past, that I don’t even hear the approaching footsteps.
“What are you thinking, brother?” Raleigh asks as he reaches me where I am resting in the forest after allowing my wolf to run.
“I’m getting tired of waiting.”
I don’t try to hide the impatience from my tone. It’s not like my brother hasn’t listened to this complaint before.
“I know. But we can’t just stroll into town and grab a human. It will raise too many questions.”
I hate when he is logical. He always knows exactly what to say to piss me off and calm me down at the same time.
“Well,” I grumble. “Seeing as you have all the answers, how do you suppose we move forward?”
Raleigh glares at me. I know he is just as miserable as I am. See, the thing is, the day we came here to take Godrick back to his pack, we found our fated mate. Yes, one woman for both of us. The problem is, she’s human.
She works at the local diner down in the town of Katu Falls. But humans don’t feel the mating pull the same way shifters do. She may be drawn to the forest where we wait but it’s not like the irrational need that now drives me and my brother. It surprised the shit out of me. I didn’t even know that a human mate was a thing.
We have been here for six months, and we still aren’t any closer to our mate. We both take turns, stalking her from the edge of the forest, making sure she is safe. But neither of us has ever approached her.
“I think we need to talk to Xavia,” Raleigh says.
“What if she doesn’t have any answers? Or she wants us to end the mate bond?” I ask angrily. “Are you ready for that?”
“Sayer,” he says gently, trying to calm me down. “We can’t continue living this way. It’s driving both of us insane and one of us is bound to snap sooner or later. We need help.”
He’s trying to speak to my rational side again and I want to smack him, even if I know he’s right.
“We won’t know until we talk to her,” he adds, running a hand through his shoulder-length hair.
“Fine.”
“Let’s go then.” Excitement laces his tone.
Rising from the ground I follow my brother back to the compound. I know he has a point, and we need to find a way to get our mate. There are too many questions we don’t have answers for and if there has ever been a situation like this, Xavia will know about it.
Reaching her home, we find her sitting on the back porch, drinking lemonade.
“I’ve been waiting for you,” she says with a smile.
Raleigh and I look curiously at one another. I don’t know why we are surprised, most of the elders know things without being told. Why would Xavia be any different?
“Would you like to tell me what has both of you all tied in knots?” she asks, handing us each a glass of lemonade as she gestures to the empty seats beside her. “I can feel the tension rolling off you like waves.”
“We found our mate,” I blurt out.
“That’s wonderful, dear,” Xavia smiles softly.
