Alicia's POV

The voice came and went in a flash, quickly drowning in the noise of the outside world.

What did I just hear? Mate? Who was talking to me? I didn’t even have a wolf. What on earth was going on?

I couldn’t make sense of it, and before I realized it, Axel was standing right in front of me.

He looked frantic and surprised, like he was holding something back.

I instinctively opened my mouth to ask for help, but before I could even get a word out, he ...