Chapter 16
*Ember*
I hear what she is saying, I'm listening, I really am, but I don't believe what she says. I've seen what a mate can and will do. That's like saying that parents protect their pups, but I know, I lived that lie.
"I have been with Mark most of my life. We grew up together. We started out as friends as little pups running around. As we grew up I hoped he was my mate. He is two years older than me. That means that he shifted way before me. He knew before I did and he couldn't tell me. I later found out how hard it was for him to not be around me, to not be able to hold me and love me the way he wanted too. He even failed a grade or two just to stay in school with me." she laughs to herself. "He was there the night I went through my first shift, I was 14. I was scared, it
