Anika’s POV
Oh, my goddess! I cannot believe I have finally found my mate! He is SO GORGEOUS! I probably looked like a lost puppy, drooling all over myself staring into his eyes, like the last meal I ate was - never and he was a big juicy piece of steak! Eventually, my friends snapped me out of my daze and I couldn’t have been happier to realize that my mate is the beta of Ares’s pack - the Freedom Ridge Pack! Granted, our pack has never been on the friendliest of terms with the Freedom Ridge pack; the pack is now under “new management” with Ares’s father being murdered and all, so maybe under Ares’s control, things will be better, right? I feel bad for the guy. That totally sucks! You go to your first Mating Ball and Claiming and your dad gets killed...that's a tough break! My heart ached for Ari and Ares having to go through all of that.