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Drew I pressed my nose to the ground as I walked through the pack grounds in my wolf form, the slight breeze rustling over my fur and tickling my sensitive ears. The incline of the foothills on the edge of the territory could be a deterrent to lesser wolves. But with my beta blood and my magic and newfound fairy protector powers, it was easy peasy lemon squeezy for me. Except for the fact that I couldn’t fucking find June. We were supposed to be training together, but she had disappeared. She portaled herself away from us as soon as her dad had turned his back to talk to Myles for one second. Fucking fairies, I thought to myself as I tried to catch her scent. Ever since Luke left yesterday, she’d been sulking and moping, and all of our attempts to cheer her up had fallen flat. Not even Thor had provided an adequate distraction. I felt her through the bond, felt her slight melancholy and worry, and then I finally found her scent. My wolf’s tail wagged, and I bounded off into the
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Juniper “Mate…” I gasped out slowly. Lukas’s eyes were still locked on mine, and as soon as the word was out of my mouth, his lips twitched into a smile, and he nodded his head to me, a silent confirmation that he was, in fact, my mate. My real mate. Not just a chosen bond, but a true bond. A fated bond. “What?!” Drew exclaimed. “You can feel it now?” “I can see it,” I told him, looking down at the gold thread connecting me to Lukas. I brushed my hand through it, and although it looked solid, it was not tangible. It was clearly something that only I could see. “I don’t understand,” I muttered. “Why am I only just now feeling this?” I asked him. “I turned 19 weeks ago.” “I don’t know, Princess,” Drew answered as he glanced at Lukas. “I’m sure there’s a reasonable explanation, that your parents will tell us when—” “Wait, what did you mean when you said, ‘you can feel it now’?” I asked him, my shocked brain finally registering his words. “I… uh — well, you see—” He looked over a
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