The pack instantly started talking as soon as I had finished, the ones who had already put two and two together looking smug while the others were as shocked as can be. I didn’t blame them, including myself I never thought I would ever find my mate but I was far from complaining.
“What did you mean ‘she was as good as can be expected’?” Jake asked, a pack mate lower down in the ranking order but still an efficient and clean fighter. He took down his prey with such grace for one his age that I couldn’t help but be impressed, and a compliment from an alpha was a respected thing. It helped that I barely gave it out; meaning that on the rare occasion that I did give some positive feedback it meant a lot more to the pack mate who was on the receiving end of it.
“She has clearly been through s
