Chapter 43

Mateo

I had dinner with Alita, and it was wonderful. It doesn’t matter if she has accepted me or not, just being in her presence is more than enough.

I need to talk to Lorenzo and Sofia and see what we should do with her though.

Should I tell her about the missing person notice? Or should we wait until her family gets here?

I leave her so that she can rest, and my wolf is antsy inside my mind. He wants to come out and mark her, he’s ready to know that she is 100% ours now and forever.

When I walk into the room both Lorenzo and Sofia look at me. Sofia asks, “How is she doing?”

“She’s… antsy. She’s ready to get home to her ‘mate’.” I scoff, it’s hard to even think of another man being her mate. Having a relationship with her the way only I should be able to have.

Sofia looks at me sympathetically and says, “I think she’s been brainwashed, Mateo. I think she truly believes that man is her mate. If she is this missing girl… it’s the only thing that makes sense. Otherwise, why wouldn’t she