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Marcus appeared at my side. "You ready for this?"
"No."
"Good. If you were ready, I'd be worried."
"How's she doing?"
"Eva's with her. Getting her ready."
I nodded, trying to calm the restless energy coursing through me. Lucas was pacing, anxious to present our mate to the pack.
*They'll see,* he kept saying. *They'll see she's perfect.*
But I knew it wouldn't be that simple. Humans were rare in pack dynamics. Most werewolves mated within their kind. The few human-werewolf pairings I'd seen had been... complicated.
My mother appeared in the doorway, her expression unreadable. She'd been icily polite since our argument yesterday, but I could feel her disapproval radiating across the room.
Behind her, Kayla slipped in like a shadow.
I hadn't invited her.
"What is she doing he
