Beta Eric's POV I'm so dead! I can't help but admit that Ariel is my mate. And Zane knows it. My wolf knows it. And Ariel herself knows. I'm so f****d up! I sit here analyzing all the things about Ariel that don't make sense. She has a lot to explain. Hunter adores her, but he doesn't call her our mate. He keeps hinting that she is not Zane's, but does not confirm that she is our fated one. He hints that she is ours, but never explicitly identifies her as our mate. And no one has seen her wolf, they do sense it, but they just have never seen her shift. She is definitely one of us. Ariel is not attracted to Zane, she doesn't want to have s*x with him or have him mark her. That's not really what mates are about. She does not behave like a Luna, has no deep interest in Midnight Moon, an