Colt

I tell myself I shouldn’t be nervous. Other shifters will be able to smell it on me like blood in the water. There’s no real reason for the Nightstones to object to me marrying Lydia except for any lingering bad blood because of my father. Alpha Gerald doesn’t seem to be holding my father’s sins against me which assures me that he’ll be supportive toward the union.

Lydia’s brothers are loud and like to mess around, but they’re receptive to discussing guy stuff like cars and sports. They shouldn’t be hard to win over. It’s Lydia’s father I’m not sure about. Alcide seems not to like me, though he...