‘Tell her she’s our mate!’ His wolf demands. ‘Don’t you think that is a bit too soon? She just learned about you.’ Alessio asks back. He understands the need of the wolf, because he feels that way too. ‘She understood everything. Why do you think this would be too much?’ The wolf inquires. ‘We haven’t even talked about mates and what that means. I haven't even asked her to be my girlfriend.’ Alessio counters and thinks that it might be too fast even for that. ‘Girlfriends don’t matter when you have your mate. She is the one!’ The wolf insists on his own. ‘I know. I feel that now, but we have to take this slow. For her. She needs to get used to you.’ Alessio answers. “I guess, we’ll be talking about it sooner.'' Alessio says out loud when he sees Grazia come from the bathroom. “Tal