Chapter 42: Packing

-Roman-

Anastasia’s uncle was not very thrilled about me, because I was taking away what he considered his daughter, but he quickly warmed up to me when he continued to make me promise I would take good care of her, and when he heard how well I had taken care of her after she had her two episodes. I didn’t blame the older alpha for feeling protective of Ana. It only proved his love for her, and I liked to know my mate had been taken good care of. She had been through enough. She didn’t need horrible family members to get their claws on her and treat her even worse. There was love in this house, though. I felt it strongly. It was surprising how cold Ana could have stayed with all that warm love around her. But she chose her anger, and she chose to isolate herself. She did that to keep herself safe. At least, that was what she believed. Like I believed not wanting a mate would be the better thing for me. I was so wrong, though. One look at Ana and I was sold. She had me right where she