My Secret, My Bully, My Mates by Miss L

Once she was gone, Xander turned to me. “Well, dad said he was going to give you all the news. You seem to still be breathing so it didn’t shock you too bad.” He laughed at me.

“Being your cousin wasn’t the most shocking part of that whole story, really.” | laughed back. “The magical powers and poison immunity, that will take some getting used to though. Do the Elders know? Or will they put me in the pool of potential mates to throw at Xander on a regular basis?”

“I actually would prefer it if they kept throwing you my way.

It prevents them from setting me up with some of the others.” He shudders at the thought and I have to suppress a giggle.

“Why do they keep trying to set Xander up? Didn’t you say the Alpha King is only at his strongest with his Goddess given mate” | look at each of them in tum, confused by the idea now that it came up. You would think that the Elders would want their Alpha King at his strongest in order to protect and lead the packs.

the way the Moon Goddess goes about making us find our mates is asking too much and that our mates should be more accessible.”

are lazy and don’t want to

completely. Part of finding your mate is becoming a strong enough person on

same pack, specifically Royal pack members having

can’t help but smile. I see where his mind has gone with this. It’s pack separation and some

tone is light and conversational, but it also has an undertone of caution. “Well | think that Skylar has enough to think about for the time being and she should probably get back before her team leader finds something else to criticize.” He raises his eyebrow at

with her dad, I want to talk about next

hug and tum to Alpha Reggie

arms and just like with Alpha Lucas, I’m overwhelmed with the thought that this is what it feels like to have a dad hug me. A simple gesture, taken for granted by so many, but it means the world to me and I try to let him know that without words. He gives