Chapter 21

Staring around the room Ava saw over thirty different couples, mingling, talking, making out, or just sitting, petting each other. She wore a pair of jeans with one of Fred’s shirts. His scent surrounded her, and in the last the few days she’d found his scent calmed her nerves. Every now and then her stomach would turn and her wolf felt close to the surface, and that alone scared her. Whenever Fred was with her the wolf within would settle. She was starting to wonder who the actual master of her was, herself or Fred.

He stood beside her dressed similarly in jeans and a shirt. At first Ava had been horrified by their lack of formal clothing. Fred had laughed, reminding her that they were going to a room full of wolves. There was no need for formal clothing.

William and Helen had greeted them at the door. The couple seemed to be more in love than Ava remembered. Holding onto Fred’s arm she looked around at all the couples.

“How do you know they’re mated?” she asked.

Fred took her to a c