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A shiver of magic rolled down my spine as my wolf pushed her way through.
I stripped my clothes off quickly, so I wouldn’t lose them when I shifted. It took effort not to let myself look over at Madd as he did the same beside me, but I was strong enough to handle it.
Another shiver rolled through me, and my body changed as my wolf took over.
She shook her fur out, stretching her legs and paws before she looked to her side.
A massive, dark blond wolf sat on his haunches beside her, watching.
Waiting, too.
With the same intense gaze his human so often wore.
“Hello, mate,”my wolf purred, taking slow steps toward him.
He lowered his head a little.“Hello, Love. You are absolutely stunning.”
She preened.“I know.”After making her way to his side, she slowly began to walk a circle around him. He remained where he was, waiting confidently for her judgment.
The purr in her chest grew louder with every step.“Ohh, you are gorgeous.”
His chest rumbled with satisfaction, and when she stepped up to his side, he didn’t hesitate to brush against her.
“Are you fast?”she asked.
“I’ve been the alpha for over a century. Of course I’m fast.”He rubbed up against her side again, a little harder.
“Faster than a vampire?”Her voice grew playful.
His lips stretched in a wolfy grin.“Run for me, and you’ll find out.”
She returned his grin with her own, then took off into the forest.
They spenthours in the woods together, racing, walking while their sides rubbed, wrestling, and just enjoying their time out in nature.
It had been far too long since my wolf had a chance to just be a wolf.
I stayed quiet, letting her have fun with her mate. I loved the forest too, and I had plenty to consider.
Namely, me and Madd.
I made myself think about what my life would look like with both of the options he had given me.
Option A was sealing the bond, of course. Assuming we sealed it, we would be tied together permanently, but we could live apart. I knew some kinds of supernaturals physically couldn’t live away from their mates in the first few years after their bond was formed, but it wasn’t like that for vampires. I didn’t think it was for werewolves, either.
Vampires relied on their mates for blood, and werewolves’ animal halves would force us see each other fairly often, but that was the extent of the tie as far as I knew.
We had barely met, and my wolf already wanted me around Madd constantly.
I could live my own life, in my own house, if we sealed it. But my wolf would constantly push me toward Madd. She would never be satisfied living away from him—she had been unhappy about him leaving when I started work, and again after I drank from him.
So living with him was undoubtedly the best option.
If we didn’t seal the bond, I might be able to keep things from getting too intense. We could live our own lives like roommates, which was much more manageable than being mates and living apart from him.
With us sleeping in the same house, my wolf would be calm. She would accept the emotional distance, because she would know we were going home to Madd. And I worked so much that I could avoid him most of the time, I hoped.
He'd been bringing me meals, but hedidhave a job. He was a firefighter/paramedic, and I’d gotten the impression that he worked a lot when we were talking about our jobs. He would be too busy to feed me all the time.
