“To adjust.” I said simply, not wanting to explain all my feelings on the matter yet. Though what Einar said about their bonds being different got me thinking. “So this is how mate bonds feel for your kind, which was originally my kind as well. We believe that it’s Mani who does this, not the Moon Goddess that the other wolves believe in. My mate bond with both Silas and then Kane felt more like a compulsion, but my bonds with my dragon mates, and Malik….and now Stienn are more slow burn and instinctual, more primal. I wonder if that’s because our belief systems are more similar. The belief in the sun and the moon. Whereas the wolves here are all about the Moon Goddess.” “That is a loaded question now, isn’t it? I guess the argument could be made that yes, essentially what you are saying is correct. Your experience thus far backs up the theory that’s for sure. But I highly doubt we will ever really know for sure. Not unless the Gods themselves come forward and speak.” Einar said with

I looked at him and remembered the dream I had of him, the first time I saw him, his wolf bathed in moonlight, and knowing with every fiber of my being that he was my mate. How different my life became after those dreams. All the trials and tribulations. But still, I wouldn’t change how things went down, everything happens for a reason and the past was the past. It was the present I was focused on. Specifically my present moment with Kane. “I couldn't see your face in the dream, the one where you were you and not the wolf. I knew who you were to me, I just couldn’t see your face. I was so angry when I woke up without seeing you. I wanted to find you.” I admitted as I kissed him softly. “You found me eventually and that’s all that matters. Everything happened the way it was supposed to I guess.” He murmured as he sat me on the counter and ran his hands up and down my sides. “I guess so.” I said softly as I kissed along his neck, nipping the skin softly, my legs still around his waist

Brodryn I flew nonstop, my wings aching with the punishing pace. I was accustomed to flying longer and farther than this but the stress of needing to get to Kara, the iron blood cuffs being so close, carrying Blaze’s dead weight and the fear and Corey I was still feeling and experiencing was enough to fatigue me far earlier than I would have liked. I ached with the need to get to Kara as fast as possible. My dragon was a snarling worried mess with the worry he felt for his little mate. As I came close to her pack land I picked up her scent along with Magnus and Kanes’s and noticed it wasn’t coming from the pack house but from farther into the forest surrounding her land. I dipped my wings and glided low in that direction, finding an empty space in front of a large wooden building, and landed, shifting almost immediately and collapsing beside Blaze’s unconscious body. I stood there breathing heavily and taking note of all the unfamiliar faces that watched with curiosity and apprehensi

Stienn I stood in the doorway of the room and watched Kara in her sleep state, her mate Blaze laying beside her. It was strange to see her so still and void. Her fur and scales were still showing through her skin periodically and it made my wolf restless and angry to see her in such a state. He wanted nothing more than to call his young pretty mate back from wherever she was but she was beyond my reach. Only someone far stronger could call her back, all of us might have managed it without Malik but no one wanted to take that risk. So now we were waiting for Malik to get here. We all knew it was only a matter of time before he got here. I sighed and ran my hand through my hair, shaking my head as I realized I had left it all unbraided and hanging loose around my shoulders. I had a quick and cold wash in the river, cleaning my hair and I had intended to rebraid it but I came into the room and stared at her for so long that I forgot about it. None of us were doing ok with Kara being in