LUCIAN
I stood frozen, my mind reeling from Isla's words. She couldn't be serious. She was saying that she was my mate, that she was a wolf, and that her wolf's name was Elara. It was impossible.
I should have known she was my mate. Oh wait, I knew but, We had tested her with the sphere, and it had shown no signs of wolf DNA or mutation. She was part of my pack, yes, but she was a Delta, a normal human.
I thought to myself that maybe she had hit her head during the explosion, and this was some kind of delusion. But as I looked into her eyes, I saw something there that gave me pause. A spark of recognition, a glimmer of connection that I hadn't seen before.
And then she kissed me, and everything changed. The world around us melted away, and all that was left was the two of us, lost in
