*Bryson*

"Don't joke around about that," I said, then, hearing how harsh I sounded, added a, "Please."

Ada had just made a joke about giving us medicine to make us feel like mates, without realizing that we already were mates.

"We need to tell her," my wolf said quietly in my mind, and for the first time in a while, I agreed with him.

But nerves garbled my throat. How was I supposed to tell her that we were mates? When she didn't have a wolf to confirm it for herself. ...