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Like Griffin, I felt a bit weird when we reached the table and all the conversations came to a sudden
halt. But everyone was so nice, and weing that my apprehension disappeared. My eyes suddenly
were drawn to Mike again. He was looking so sad and lost, that I needed to go and talk to him. I’ve
noticed he was the only who did not bring a partner. It must feel like you’re the odd one out. Like I used
to feel thinking I would be the only unmated and rejected wolf in my family. He was the one who
ording to Griffin and River
and River was the most
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interested in mates and their bond. Making it very likely that the only single guy at the table was a
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“Hey, you’re Mike, right? Mind if I sit next to you I love being with Griffin but sometimes it is exhausting
to only be a part of a couple. Striking up a conversationining about being loved up is a little
tricky.
My gut was telling me it would work out, and it wasn’t like I had a lot of other options. He gently smiles
at me and gestures at the empty chair
next to him.
“You must love Griffin a lot though, he is smitten with you. It must be nice to know that a Goddess
created someone out there, especially for you. I wish humans would have something like that too.” He
sighed, but my n worked and he opened up to me.
“Honestly, it can be amazing, with Griffin it is. We are each other’s second-chance mates though. His
original fated mate died when he was
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an infant. Mine rejected me because I was so short, and small which in his mind equaled to me being
weak. While being loved by your mate is the most beautiful thing in the world. Your mate rejecting you
is the worst pain in the world. Some wolves even die because of it. It is a double-edged sword
honestly.” I don’t want to take anything away from the mate bond. I believe in it, but I want Mike to know
it is not perfect.
“River told me a little bit about it. Griffin told me it was your first mate who kidnapped you. Or how not
every mate is a good and deserving mate and then because of the bond you will still love them. If I had
been lucky enough to be a wolf and have a mate. I would spend the rest of my life trying to be the best
mate to hi life trying to be the best mate to him. I am sure he would be for me too.”
Mike seemed to be enamored with the thought of having a mate.
I was sure he would cheer up if he knew there still was a chance there
was a mate out there for him too. Even if de chances he was were
minimal.
“Then I hope you are one of the very few, rare, human mates. They do exist. My Great-grandmother
was human. She died a hero protecting her pack. It’s why I am on the small side, I am proud of my
heritage though.” Mike’s eyes lit up like I expected them to.
I ended up going back to my seat next to Griffin after Mike and I chatted for a bit longer. What I told him
cheered him up enough. We ended up going for drinks after dinner. In this crowd, I still had a good
excuse not to drink. Griffin, River, and Sonja were excited to show the humans how much wolves can
drink, I was sure we were going to be in for a good night.
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Another two weeks had passed, since our trip to New York. I kept in contact with all of them, we just
made a group chat. After discussing it with Isabe and Rodrick we would invite them all to the
wedding. The wedding we had started nning and now that we knew I was pregnant. Even if it was
still just me Griffin, Isabe, and Dean. We needed to rush the nning without making it seem rushed.
For the pack members, our friends and family. And because we deserved a beautiful day.
Life still was busy, and we never got more time to spend quality time together. We had managed to
keep our weekends work-free. The wedding nning had to be done in our spare free time. As was
socializing with our friends. Meaning that we hardly spent any time together. It was all worth it though.
We no longer were busy with making sure we were safe, to make sure people would ept us and our
union. Because nothing went as it should be. This time we didn’t even have to worry about our own
pack members behaving.
Because even Cynthia had calmed down. Sam’s punishment had worked she never spoke to me. And
if we passed each other at any event she would still re at me. Even if we would just walk down the
same street on pack ground. She could re all she wanted though, she could hate me, despise me. I
never wanted to even talk to her ever again either. She was never going to be my friend. She just
needed to respect me for my role within the pack and as the leader of this country.
I was too busy with beautiful things now. Too busy nning my wedding with the man I love. Too busy
preparing to wee our pup into this world. And to learn and train so that I can grow in my role. Like
tonight, when we were both done with work we would go over to Milo’s for dinner. Even with Milo
having be a close friend it was not just a social visit. Milo would cook for us at our wedding. So
this
was our taste-testing dinner. Milo’s home worked out because Milo hadined that our kitchen
was not equipped well enough. There was no privacy in the pack kitchen. Griffin and I were more than
happy to go to his home. Despite having an almost industrial kitchen. Milo’s home was cozy and
comfortable, it always felt good being at his ce.
I nced at the clock to see how long I had to go before Griffin would be here to take me over to Milo’s.
Only to find out that he should have been here ten minutes ago. It left me with no time to go to our
chambers and get dressed. I touched up my make-up, used some deodorant and perfume, and pulled
my hair out of the bun, before making my way to Griffin’s office. I knocked but he didn’t answer me. He
had to be inside, he never left his office without walking to my office across from him to pick me up.
Wherever we needed to go to after work he would always make sure we would walk there together. It
started as a way to make sure I would not let myself get drowned in work again just to forget about
everything. He must have fallen asleep this time. Maybe now I was slowly healing, I should take a bit
more care of Griffin. His life changed so much when we found each other too. For now, though I walked
into his office expecting to see him fallen asleep at his desk. But that was not the sight I was met with
when I entered.”