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Michael finally breaks his silence with a loud laugh. “Did you say Sniffer? Oh God, wait until I tell everybody that. Priceless. Sniffer.” He laughs out.

I watch as Sniffer rubs the back of his neck, mumbling. “Yeah, okay funny guy, we heard you. Shut it.” To me he says, “So, I put in my number and the pack address, then sent a text from your phone to mine so I’d have your number. I’ll text you later with a time, okay?”

Grabbing my phone back, I nod my head. “Thank you both so much. Sorry to hold up your afternoon. I’ll see you soon.” In my haste to flee, I didn’t even pick up my blanket.

Getting into bed that night, I wonder if Sniffer will help me learn more about our kind, if he could be my first real friend?

CHAPTER 2

Masen

Fuck me!Can this day get any longer? It’s only one o’clock on Saturday. I have at least four more hours of this bullshit before I can get out of here. I can’t even remember the name of the mutt in front of me begging to be let into my pack. Being the Alpha of one of the largest packs in North America has perks, don’t get me wrong, but right now, I’d like nothing more than to kick the simpering animal in the face. Yeah, I’m an asshole. You don’t become Alpha of the Northern Territories being sweet and cuddly.

Tuning into what he’s saying, I hear, “Would be so grateful for the chance to serve y—”

Interrupting loudly before he can finish, I question, “Why did you leave your last pack? Did theymakeyou leave?” My questions throws him off. He still has his word formed on his lips while staring at me.“Well?”I ask again in my Alpha tone that no one can ignore.

“I left after they suggested I do so... they thought I was too cl... close to the younger pups,” he stammers while lowering his head.

“Leave! You have thirty minutes to be out of my territory before I send one of the newly shifted to find you and return with your pelt.” I sneer, knowing the weakest of my pack could rip his head off without a problem. I also know it will take at least an hour to reach the edges of my land. Maybe he’ll make it, maybe, he won’t. I smile the smile that makes even the people who know me shudder.

He’s gone before another word is spoken. “How did he even make it here to waste my time? Aren’t you supposed to screen these hearings?”

I look to Roxanne who just bats her eyelashes at me and pouts. “I’m sorry, Mase. I won’t let Star screen again.” I know damn well Star didn’t let this slip through. Roxanne is just trying to place the blame elsewhere.

She licks her lips and whispers loud enough for everyone in the room to hear, “I didn’t have time to go through the files this morning after you left my bed, I was running late.”

Therein lies the problem. She thinks because I fuck her she has some pull over me or my pack, also implying I was with her all night, which was not the case. I knew I should have stopped this years ago, but I’ve become lazy. She is always near and always ready. I used to care for her, but I haven’t cared for a woman in almost five years. Fuck me, has it really been that long since I’ve seen her?

The day progresses slowly with pack disputes, petitions, and blessing requests. I’m glad this is only once a month. I think I’d crop my own ears if I had to deal with this shit more often. My Luna should be here, she would make this bearable. Lost In thought, which seems to be happening more and more often, I return to that night.

I was on my way home from an Alpha challenge out of town with Michael, my Beta, Sid, and Travis. Both are close friends and enforcers in my pack. We’d all brought a piece of ass to help pass the time. Roxanne was it for me back then. I’d stopped in Kentucky to get a drink and hotel for the night. We were having a good time laughing and drinking when I started to feel unsettled. I kept looking for more shifters to come in or a fight to break out among the humans, but nothing happened. I knew something was off, I just didn’t know what. Roxanne was having a fit about a woman at the bar staring, but I couldn’t deal with her shit. Usually, I like to watch her dominate a room, but even then, it just felt wrong.

I walked out before the rest, hoping to find a fight outside that would help me rid myself of the tension riding my back. I wasn’t prepared for what I found.

My Mate stood less than six feet from me, smelling like warm vanilla and fresh water. I took one step forward before my mind processed that there was a problem. She was a child, a tiny thing no more than thirteen years old. Her large amber eyes seemed too big for her beautiful face, her lips were parted on an inhale. I wasn’t sure if she knew me for what I was, but I knew what she was to me. My Mate, my Luna.

The door to the pub opened behind me as my pack mates walked out. They could feel the tension rolling off of me, but none understood why I stood frozen on the sidewalk.

She recoiled when Roxanne attached herself to me. I didn’t move to push her away. I couldn’t. If I did, I didn’t think I’d be able to stop myself from picking my Mate up and dragging her back to Michigan.

Someone asks who she is. When I respond, she moved the hand that was over her lower belly to rub right above her heart. I heard Roxanne ask her name. As she opens up to answer, I smell a male and female shifter approaching and hear him call out, “Sophia.” She turns to the sound, and I do the only thing possible, I turn and leave.

If I stayed, I would take her whole family. She’s just a child, I can’t do it. We round the corner, and I stop, tell my friends to go on. No one questioned me, they know I’m in no mood to explain.

I can hear as her mother asks, “Sophie, why didn’t you come back? Are you okay, sweetheart?” I know I’ll be able to track her now that I’ve scented her, so I wait. I wait until they leave and get home before I follow.

I learn everything there is to know about Sophia Brair and her parents before leaving and meeting up with Michael. He’s the only one who knows I’ve met my Mate and neither of us understands how or why I knew it’s her before her first shift.

I have him checking our history to see if this has ever happened before. I learned that the Brairs have lived in the same house for the past thirteen years. Her father was a local doctor, and her mother works at his small practice while Sophia is in school. They seem like a close family. I had no reason to make them come with me.

When I returned to Michigan, I had to make myself not go back for her. Three years, I would give her and her family three years before I returned for her.

But I was a fool because when the time was up and I went to find my Luna, she’s gone. Gone for so long not a trace of her beautiful scent remains.

I’ve been searching every pack in the northern continent for her for the past two years. She seems to have vanished along with her parents. When I visited the only pack in Kentucky, they denied knowledge of the Brair family. Did she tell her parents of me? Why run? What are they hiding? I would find her, and no one would stop me from claiming her!

Casper strutsinto my house like he owns it with Michael, my Beta, behind him. Casper is so excited I can feel it rolling off of him. “Mase, I can’t wait for you to meet her. Ahh God. I think I’m already in love. Wait until you see her. No forget that, wait until you scent her. I have never smelled anything like her.”

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