That night, the strained fated mate bond sent me to the pack clinic.“Alora, the bond-strain is making your wolf frantic. Your muscles are so tense I can’t even get the needle in. Try to relax.”As the nurse tried for the third time to inject the heavy wolfsbane sedative, I squeezed my eyes shut.In the darkness, I felt a hand cover them.Seventeen years old. My first shift. My wolf tearing me apart from the inside, the pain so bad I bit through my lip.Jaxon covered my eyes from behind, his palm scorching hot.“Don’t look,” he’d said. “I’m here.”He held me all night, his warmth pulling me back from the edge, inch by inch.“All done,” the nurse said, patting my hand.I opened my eyes.And he was there. Jaxon. Standing at the end of the hall.Black shirt, shoulders tense, his face a thundercloud. He was staring at the arm they’d just injected.My heart skipped.Five years, and I was still this pathetic. He felt my pain through the bond. He’d left his meeting and come for me.“Jaxon, I’
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