Mom’s eyes soften around the edges. “You don’t have to worry about you belonging to different packs. Mates don’t work like that. You go wherever she goes and she goes wherever you goes. Everything else just falls into place. This is how fated mates work. You aren’t working against this universe by being with her. If you be with her, the universe is going to make sure you two stay together and be incredibly happy.” I have listened to Mom say these words thousands of times but this is probably the first time that I find myself wanting to believe them. Maybe things can work out. Maybe I just have...