Chapter 41

"So, how did you meet your partner?” Ariel asked, throwing the question open to the crowd.

“I think most of us had similar experiences, but my own is the absolute best.” Jessica declared, standing up, just because she loved being dramatic.

“Show off. It is because she bagged a handsome mate despite her ugliness, and she is not going to let us rest.” Liza said, rolling her eyes, and Ariel barked into a short laugh in her hands.

“Let us hear your love story then.”

“Fine, so I was a young wolf, enjoying the human world only because I was running away from home. I was already past the age of getting a partner, and my dad had threatened to marry me off to a man who had lost his mate. Anyways, I went to the woods to change, and I met the rogue pack on their usual hunt.”

“Ohhhh.” Everyone cooed, including Ariel.

“Anyways, I was happy to see my mate, but I was still skeptical about following him home because we all know how the rogue pack is, and I don’t think I wanted to be living like some