Chapter 45

• For the first time in longer than he could remember, he didn’t want to charge through the trees as fast as his legs could move. He walked along, sniffing the air from time to time as he headed up the hill. If there was anyone here that shouldn’t be, he’d be able to scent them from there. For the last few minutes he debated on shifting to get there faster, but he had no plans to be away from Rayne longer than necessary, and if he let his wolf out for a run he’d lose the taste of her he still carried in his mouth, and he wasn’t ready to let that go just yet.
• What had just happened between them was beyond anything he could explain. He thought at one point his heart was going to explode and it wasn’t from what they were doing, but just being with her. Even as he thought it, he knew it made no sense but it was still the truth. Devin had been so close to marking her and that scared him. No one told him control was something he’d have to fight when he found his mate. So many of the odd stories that he’d heard or experienced now about difficulties when two mates met, all seemed more than possible now.
• Devin turned and inhaled deeply, taking the time to analyze the scents that came back to him. The hair on the back of his neck stood when it registered there was another animal nearby. He turned slowly, every muscle in his body tense, ready. A soft chuckling came from his left.