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“When I find my mate,” Ren ht us together and ant to be partners, not coddled by her male She’ll run into my open arms”

I snorted and glanced at Ren Although technically—for a hurown, as a Lycan, he was still but a babe, a lad a kin He had a lot to learn about life and the world

“You’ll understand when you’re older that soifts are the hardest to acquire” I reached out and ruffled his black hair He swatted h I was pretty sure he’d start yearning for his mate sooner rather than later

As an Otherworld male, ere unable to be with anyone but our Linked Mate We saved ourselves for them alone, didn’t even allow another female—save for ones in our direct family—to see us in our shifted fors in the Otherworld and if they followed this as well, but the creatures I did know about—Lycans, demons, vampires, and warlocks—all had no interest in anyone but their fated ones

We’d never desire another, always searching, yearning for the ones born to be ours alone And it was clear Ren hadn’t hit that desperation block where all he yearned for was his mate—his other half

I watched as Ren headed off to that pastry stall he’d been eyeing this entire time and could only sods thatto find hisour Linked Mate any ti her in our home of Romania was even more of an unlikely event

I heard stories of Lycanmore than to find their fated females but centuries passed them by and still they were alone And for a male in the Otherworld, all anted, all we desired and searched for with obsession, was that one woman

I felt an ache indays, let alone years and centuries, never having her by my side A Lycan could live centuries upon centuries, but all I wanted was to spend that entire time with her by my side

She was my faceless feht of who she was

But I’d wait for her— to better myself so that e did meet, she could find no faults within me I’d purchase homes all over the world for her to choose from, an abundance of choices so she could truly and fully be happy

And I’d do all of this with anticipation and need running through my veins For she would make me whole

I just had to wait for her