"There you are. I'm glad you made it down before noon," Wyatt teased me when he saw me. 

"I've never slept until noon," I defended with a smile. "Well, except that once."

He shook his head and chuckled before walking to the front door and opening it for me. "Your ever-impatient mate is waiting for you."

"Of course, he is," I murmured. 

On our way through the territory, the pack members bowed their heads in respect for us. I was still trying to adjust to the amount of respect they had for me. I had done nothing to deserve it, yet they still offered it to me. Erix's pack, I...