Chapter 23

That’s it? That was the big reveal? I couldn’t help but giggle at his words before I finally spoke. That seemed to be an odd way to describe our situation.

“Huh? What’s that?” I asked. “‘Mate’ as in friend or ‘mate’ like a soulmate?” I finally asked him.

There was no way it was the first one, but if it was the other, well, I wasn’t ready for that either. It was a lose-lose.

There was a point in time I thought Tristan was my soulmate and that obviously didn’t work out. I scoffed at that thought. I didn’t want to be just his friend or his soulmate, but I would settle for a happy median, somewhere in between.

“Yes, something like a soulmate, but more than that. It’s a strong connection and something that I have no control over. When a wolf finds their mate, they need that person. The connection makes you stronger, and it builds over time. It’s a fated bond.”

Oh. So that’s probably what he had meant before when he asked if I believed some people were fated to be with one another and that