My Secret, My Bully, My Mates by Miss L

The weather is still turning fast, but no snow has fallen, just gusty cold wind and frost in the mornings that is taking longer and longer to melt each day.

“Three days! I can’t wait.” Mina is jumping up and down.

She has taken on some of the mannerisms of these college girls, and while it’s endearing when she does it, the rest of them just kind of annoy me. I don’t understand getting excited about a nail polish color or the sale at a certain store, but I get the excitement of going home for a few days.

Home. That is such a weird thing to think about, because the compound is home to me. The castle is home to me. If I really think about it the Blue Crescent packhouse is home sort of. I don’t know if it will feel the same if or when I go back though. I have changed a lot being with the warriors and it hasn’t even been a year yet.

I miss Lillian, Wyatt and Nathaniel. They took me in without question and honestly very little information. Everyone else seems to be an open book, but they all understand that I have my reasons for keeping details to myself. They all know the condensed story of how I got the scars on my back, even Mina has asked since they always seem to be on display whenever Luna Anne and Sierra dress me. And they know I was attacked and drugged before coming here.

These friends don’t see me as weak though, they see me as

to believe them. It makes me feel lighter, better, bigger somehow in

door to our

hell?!”

didn’t expect anything like this.” Nickolas says, shaking out his hair and untying his boots. “The rest of the team is back at camp getting things settled there, ready if the storm moves that far south. I got supplies, but we need to be ready to be stuck

to go and meet with the Elders this weekend so we could get our brands. Why does it

both are too young

you are now eighteen and your mate is close so the universe is trying to keep you from blocking the pull. Maybe it’s the Goddess telling all these f*ckers that think you both are disposable little girls, that you are too important to be throwing out as bait for grown ass wolves to take advantage of if things go wrong.” He takes a deep breath and heads through the small sitting room to our open concept

the idea that we

and she’s only a couple years older than Mina and she hasn’t found or searched for her mate either and she was given her brand with the rest of her warrior class without all the