Chapter 21

"These stories are like a map of what's happening in my life. I can't believe how blind I had been. Alpha Viktor is my friend, of course. Suppose the stories are true. Now I have to have sex with him and then we have to bite each other to get our own mark. Who thought up the idea that you had to get bit to find your true love? Of course, it was the Moon Goddess. What's going on with all this heat? Do I have to go through my period every three months until I get pregnant? That's not right!

When the Moon Goddess used Mr. Lancaster as one of her test subjects, what did she mean? I don't know about any others. What if I get it right and they don't? Don't we have mates? I have a lot of questions that nobody can answer. I didn't know what to do.

Someone knocked on the door.

"Jacky, it's Viktor," he told her. "Do you still want to go out for that run?"

I opened the door and wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him without thinking. At first, nothing happened, but the