Chapter 30 - Are You Sure?

Alpha Carter POV

My mate was so responsive to my touch. I knew our bond and the sparks between us contributed to that, but I could feel we were growing as a couple. My mate was growing. As we lay there, catching our breath, “Have you heard from your wolf?” I ask Elizabeth. She looks up at me, “Not yet; I hope she returns soon. I would like to shift again,” she says to me.

“Do you remember your first shift?” I ask her. I know she did not have a lot of good people around her; I did not know what she would have experienced. “It was painful, but fast. Before I knew it, I was a wolf,” she says with a faint smile. “Whatever happened, my parents said not to shift again. Ashley was hurt and went to the back of my mind,” she says sadly.

“She did try to help me with the pain I endured over the years, but she was also in pain,” she says with a sigh. “The wolfsbane would have hindered her ability to heal you,” I share with her quietly. “Why would an