Anja

I don’t want to strip in front of these people, but if I don’t, my clothes will be torn from my body when I shift. But I can’t bring myself to remove my dress, so I don’t.

Orrin eyes me curiously when I crouch down with my right hand on the ground. I lift my head to look at him, this beautiful, powerful man whom I feel my heart and body yearning for. I’ve heard of this kind of connection before, but I have never felt it.

Why would I?

If Orrin is my mate, then that’s why no connection of this kind was ever mine before this moment. I haven’t lived as a wolf for a month yet, and I have so much to learn.

Although I would be a liar if I said there wasn’t sexual chemistry of some kind between Christopher and me. Christopher used to tell me that’s all we needed, even