-Elijah-
He wanted me to do … what?!
I stared at Hunter for a long time, not really knowing what to say. It was not unheard of that someone could have more than one mate, but it happened so rarely and, because of old traditions, with the whole one mate thing, it became the right way to live. Two mates weren’t looked at with approving eyes. And Hunter and I both came from that same stiff world with all those ‘how-to-act-in-order-to-be-accepted’ rules, so I had to admit I was a bit surprised he was telling me he wanted us both to claim her. I thought he might want to tell me quite clearly who she belonged to, which of course suited me fine. She wasn’t part of my plan.
“You want me to … claim her?” I asked.
“Don’t act like you aren’t mates as well. I saw you two together. I am not blind,
