Life-Mate

The parents with children had disappeared the moment Chain started to show signs of changing for the worse. Her parents stuck it out believing their alpha would overcome the stronghold of whatever it was that held him.

All the children were wrapped up in coats, scarves, hats, and gloves. None of them had gone through the change as yet, so their temperatures were that of full-blooded humans. The adults, the fully changed wolves, wore only jackets.

Grabbing the jacket off the rail beside the door she headed out toward the group. Several women stopped her to comment on her appearance. They were all-embracing her, wrapping her within their warmth. 

Arms banded around her waist, and Knox pressed his nose against her neck. She hadn't gotten the chance to leave the group of women, and it felt like he'd come to claim her instead.

"I've been waiting for you to come out and play," he said, breathing in deeply.