I couldn't live like this. I was going to die of neglect. Back in Eastern Claw, the only reason I was sane was because my friends irrevocably loved me and kept me busy with their chatter and arts and crafts and playtime. I didn't want anyone's attention but theirs. But here, if I didn't attention from the one I wanted, I'd go insane. I know. I'm selfish. But he brought this on himself. I mean, now that I think about it, claiming me as a mate without getting to know me was kind of an asshole move. He wanted Diana Collins as a mate? I'll give him Diana Collins as a mate. Maybe it was the mating bond doing this, but I needed him with me. Did the pull not affect him as much as it did me? Maybe he was an expert at burying the animal instinct. Well, I wasn't. I was a newly mated wolf. I needed m