“Hey, sweetheart,” he said.“All finished up?”
“Yep.You?”
“Just now.”
She hooked her arm through his, and they walked out of the darkened bays and into the parking lot, where they saw Solan waiting by his truck to escort them back to Thorn Hollow.
“Hey, man,” Leo said.“Thanks for the escort back.”
“You bet.”
Her family filed out of the building to say goodbye.
“We’ll see you tomorrow at sunset at the alphas’ house,” Auron said.“We’re all looking forward to shifting and hunting with you and Leo.”
“Me, too,” Mira said.
After another hug goodnight to her mom and sister, she walked back to Leo and Solan and found them finishing up a quiet conversation.
“Ready to head back?”Solan asked, rocking back on his heels.
“Definitely,” Mira said.“It’s been a long day.But a good one.”
Leo nodded with a smile, a hint of heat simmering in his gaze.
He opened the passenger door of his truck, and she climbed in.When he was behind the wheel, he started the engine and followed Solan out of the parking lot.
“Everything okay with Solan?”she asked.
“Yeah.He’s the last of our small friend group to find his truemate, but he said that since you and I met, he’s been feeling more hopeful.So he hopes he’ll meet her soon.”
“I hope so, too.It’s really wonderful finding the other half of your heart.”
“One thousand percent.”
Solan was like a brother to Leo, and so were Brick and Adam.He might not have any biological family members in his life, but he hadfamilyin spades, and now he had her and her family, too.
Both biological and adopted.
“I can’t wait for tomorrow,” Mira said.“I get to shift with you, plus I get some pointers from my family about flying.Maybe I can get more than a couple of feet off the ground.”
“You can definitely do it,” he said confidently.“It just takes practice.I can’t wait to see you in your shift again.You’re really beautiful.”
She grinned.It was so freeing to be able to shift.She’d had invisible chains around her gryphon from the Wiccan spell, and Leo had broken them all.
He was pretty damn special.
“So,” she said, leaning against his shoulder with a yawn.“Tell me about wolf mating customs.And when can we do the gryphon one at sunrise?”
“As soon as you want, but maybe on a night when we can go to bed early?”he asked with a chuckle.
“That works for me.”
While he drove them to Thorn Hollow, he told her about the mating ceremony wolves liked to have happen on the full moon, presided over by their alphas, and how he couldn’t wait to join with her officially as mates when she’d also become a full member of the pack.
The September full moon couldn’t come fast enough.
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