Marks POV
"And then you came into the picture Mark," Tom spoke directly to me. "You were just enamored with her and at first we were worried you were her mate. We cautioned her to stay away from any boys who liked her "too much" hoping to keep the mate bond as far away as possible. You clearly weren't going anywhere though and we were really worried and considered moving. But as her wolf didn't surface, we knew you weren't. Then you wanted to marry her! How perfect was that!? She would marry you, you were CLEARLY running from your past, you weren't about to take her into any pack territory and we figured this would keep her safe. We pushed for her to marry you because something told us you would keep her safe no matter what happened. Then Gracie was born, she would constantly let Ruby o
