Colton POV
I'm walking back to the packhouse with my mate in my arms. I like how that sounds. But I don't deserve her.
I feel bad for how I did things. Impulse took me over in the claiming ceremony. After the last few days knowing that Jason might want her was torment enough.
And then at the ceremony, I saw them talking and laughing and I couldn't take it anymore. I risked it all. It paid off because like Lucien said, her wolf accepted the claim, but it wasn't fair to her.
Now, here I am, in the woods, with her asleep in my arms feeling conflicted because I had to mark her before Lucien did. In the state that he was, almost rabid and feral, he would have killed her, he would have ripped her throat out while trying to mark her.
"You're an ass..." She says stirring with a whisper.
