12 - Be Practical

~Hunter’s Point of View~

Hearing Ellie say she wanted to be alone with me made my wolf howl with delight. Our little mate wanted to see us, just us.

It broke my heart to tell her she couldn’t stay here, but I knew I didn’t have a choice. If I didn’t arrange for her to go with my parents, Godfrey would likely send her to the other side of the world and not let her come back until she shifted. There was NO way I would allow that.

At least I would know where she was, I could visit, I could guard the house and make sure she was safe.

It would have to do for now, but I still worried about us having a rut, or how we could handle the full moon. If a wolf finds their mate and doesn’t mark them by the full moon, their wolf will go mad, and do anything to find them. It’s just nature, you can’t go against it.

I cringed at the thought of having to sit in the dungeon to keep my wolf away from her, but it may be the only option. The full moon was in two days as well, which was why Godfrey wa