98. Kate

When the mate bond clicked it felt like a huge, searing spotlight had turned on. My reality switched into a sharper focus, all I can see is Dex. All my head, heart, soul and body want is in front of me.

The fact he had already asked me to be his Luna before the bond meant everything.

Knowing our wolves were meant to be as well as each other, I'm just soaring. Since he swooped down to me on the balcony…I can't describe it but it's like we were always going to end up here. As long as I kept my heart going for him. Here we are.

We stopped walking to the packhouse, Dex swirling me around to him in a circle as I laughed. "Mate," he growled again, yanking me into his arms. This time his hands weren't trying to console me or quell my fear.

They were hungrier, needier as his kisses grew firmer, his hands on my ass and upper back. "I have so much to tell you," I breathed, "I don't want to keep any secrets," but he kept clamping his mouth to mine, muffling my words.

I could feel his sly, sex