A Permission from Once Beloved

“If you really wanted to get away from the enemy who tried to do something without your consent, or any pack in that matter, we give you a choice to choose us as your mates.” Aaron finally said the dreaded words, although not expected it this fast.

“Well, what do you think?” Asked Zephyr to me with an unsuspectedly nervous face.

I close my face with my two hands, I was actually trying to convey about this mating ritual thing tonight, “Last night, Zahra asked me to go to her house, alone, she… She told me everything about the mating ritual, even explained everything to me.” The three of them look at each other, and I gave them more information afterwards, “Look, it wasn’t because she doesn’t trust you or anything, she just wanted me to be prepared, because there’s no other way to be free from the mating ritual.”

“We know…” Elm say to me so suddenly, he rustled his hair awkwardly, “You can deceive us because… um…” He pointed at his nose, “Our sense of smell, we can smell a bit of Zahr