Chapter Twenty: First Run with My Cocky Mate

CLAIRE's POV

I felt it the moment Elide broke free, my limbs elongating and stretching to a crazy limit that I thought my bones would pop. It felt like hours but actually it was just seconds.

I opened the red door in my mind and this time Elide did not take her sweet time strutting out, she pounced, eager.

And with a loud, earth cracking howl, my shiny black wolf with grey grey eyes popped out and without waiting to see if Luis was beside her or not.

She raced off like she was being chased, right towards where her dangerous looking mate was circling lazily, as if waiting for something, or someone.

The horny dogs.

Elide gave a wolfy smirk as she walked towards where he was, circling and pretending to focus on whatever he was pawing at on the earth. The rest of the pack members were nearby, playing and running or just lazying around. Elide could not deny the joy she felt in her heart at the thought of belonging with these people.

But at that moment, that was not really what was on her m