CHAPTER 59 You Can't Leave

  LUKE

  The tingles from the mate bond are much stronger now that I have marked Kat. Her wolf seems to be happy to see me, but I don't know how Kat will feel when she shifts back. She was determined to stick to the rejection.

  I sit down on the ground beside the river and run my fingers through Kat's wolf's fur. Her wolf lets me pet her, but she doesn't shift back into her human form.

  "Will you shift back into your human form? We need to talk," I ask her wolf.

  Her wolf pauses, and I know she is having an internal conversation with Kat. Her wolf lets out a frustrated huff, and I know Kat is refusing to shift back.

  I reach out through the mind link to see if I can find Kat. I can feel the edges of her mind, but she seems to have some sort of block up.

  'Kat,' I call out through the mind link. 'Will you please talk to me?'

  I can feel her block slowly lowering, but she still doesn't respond to me.

  'Will you at least shift back so we can talk face to face?' I ask her.