Chapter 198 Finn

• This felt different. No. I felt different. This she-wolf by my side did something to me. Something I didn’t quite understand. But as we walked side by side through the tree line to give us a little privacy before we would have to go and join the ever-building crowds for the ceremony, I found myself glancing at Nori in what I guess could only be considered as awe. Vala was making the strangest sound, somewhere between a purr and a whimper… I think he may be content… and oddly, I think I may be too…
• I had been dreading today only a short time ago. Fearing seeing Cleo moving on with her life. Seeing her with the mate mark that proved she would never be mine. Seeing her become Luna of another pack. But now none of that mattered. All that mattered in this moment was the she-wolf by my side. I just wished I could have found her sooner. I felt like I had missed out on so much. If this was the affect the matebond could have on you, I truly wondered why I had fought it so valiantly for so long. I had been adamant I had not needed it. But now she was here, I could imagine no other woman for me. There was only Nori. And she was perfection.
• “You never been taught it is rude to stare?” Nori asked, a smile teasing the corner of her mouth. I found myself smiling. There had been plenty of back and forth teasing as we went on our walk, and I loved it. The way the two of us just clicked. So natural. Two strangers, yet it was like we had known each other forever.