AUSTIN
Sage and I left the meadow and strolled toward the pack house. I didn’t want to leave her alone or be without her, but the pack needed me.
My mind raced over everything Bryn and Sage had told us. Leaning that my mate is a white wolf makes Lou and me proud to have her as our mate. But hearing everything she has been through in both packs and that both alphas protected her because she was a white wolf.
“We will protect mate, too,” Lou mumbled as he moved closer. “No one will hurt her or even take her from us.”
“Agreed,” I muttered, but I pulled away from him and looked toward her.
“So,” I said, making her look at me as we stopped just before the clearing. The pack house was only a few yards away, but I didn’t want to go in yet. I wanted to spend some alone time. “I have to ask,”
