The world slowed to a still all around Neveah, the shrieks and howls from the death gale fading off into the background like they no longer existed in her world.
Neveah did not even register the fact that she was falling...it was hard to register anything else when her mind still reeled from the word her wolf had just whispered through their link.
"Mate..." Neveah's wolf had said in a low, astonished tone.
It was not the firm declaration most people experienced, or the hesitant revelation her wolf had showed when identifying Alessio as her mate,
This was different, it was a declaration, a quiet, thoughtful declaration that left a much deeper impact on both wolf and man than any other conversation they both had shared.
Neveah could swear, if she was not already falling to her death, she would have coughed up blood at that word.
