Chapter 82

NADIA.

Everyone was eating when Dawson and Ellie came back hand in hand.

My eyes flew to Ellie’s neck to check if she was marked, but there was nothing. But even with the absence of the mark, I could see that they had accepted each other.

Riley was quiet, like Leandro, but Zahra stood up from her seat as well as Bella. Caleb did as well, and the new couple parted ways to meet their own families.

"Atta boy!" Caleb hugged Dawson, and they tried to outdo each other, laughing. My own lips curved into a smile as I watched the brothers, knowing that they’d been waiting for their mate for a long time already.

"Mom will be ecstatic! Poor Trent! I hope he brought home a mate too." Dawson told Caleb.

"We still have one unmated female over eighteen, maybe Trent is mated to her," Felix added, his eyes teasing Leandro, and Leandro just shook his head.

"One is enough for today. Let’s save Bella for another day."

I heard Riley chuckle. He was probably agreeing with Leandro because he was no