Chapter 15

Riley’s POV

I blinked at Damien like he’d sprouted antlers. “The chase?” My voice shot up an octave—as if I could hide my shock by sounding adorably high-pitched.

“Yeah.” He shrugged, all casual as if he were explaining why pizza costs extra on weekends.

“What the hell is the chase? All Rowan told me was that we’d be horny in our human forms.” I flopped back against the arm of the couch, utterly convinced I’d missed at least three memos.

Damien leaned forward, elbows on his knees, voice dropping to a mock-whisper that made me think he was about to share a state secret. “Nature draws wolves to their mates after they’ve chosen. The hunt starts when a guy’s wolf picks a girl and ends when he’s marked her—permanently. The chase is the female wolf’s process of choosing her mate.”

I did a mental facepalm so hard I nearly saw stars. “Okay, male wolves are like puppy-level predictable—they follow their girl around until they bite her. Time frame: who kno