One True Mate (Westin Pack Book 1) by Julie Trettel

Author:Julie Trettel [Trettel, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-05T18:30:00+00:00

KYLE

Chapter 20

Waking up with my mate in my arms each morning meant the world to me. I had barely seen Kelsey since she began training. She came home late and exhausted. I understood the importance of it, and greatly appreciated what my mother and sisters were doing for her, but I could not wait for the next month to pass and we could finally start our lives together.

This would be the day, the day we would share with the pack the truth about our mating. The day my mate could be threatened with challenges. I knew she was strong enough to handle herself, even with the little training given, but I still worried, and everything inside me demanded I protect her.

At the meeting, Kelsey was asked to stand up front shortly after Dad called everyone to order. There were lots of whispered murmurs and surprised faces to see it. Even though after our race word had spread, the fact that an outsider was invited to a pack meeting said a lot.

“Please settle down, settle down,” Dad called to order. “I think just about everyone present knows Kelsey Adams. She has come forward to speak to me and ask the Council to join the Westin Pack.” He paused to allow the shock of the news to settle down.

“Why now?”

“How can we accept when she's been trespassing on our territory for so long?”

“What's her story?”

So few knew Kelsey's story even still. It had been kept under wraps, and I wasn't happy that Dad was about to share with the pack, even knowing it was necessary.

“Settle down. There will be time later to answer all your questions, and for each of you to get to know Kelsey a little better tonight at the pack meal. Right now, I just want to share a quick story of a little girl left alone in the world at the age of twelve. A wolf shifter who watched her parents die before her eyes. Who changed that same night after being bitten. Who knew nothing of our ways of life. This is Kelsey's background. It is a sad and terribly painful one, and I hope you will all respect the fact that the Council has taken things into consideration and knows her full story, tragic as it is. She is still learning our ways. I know many of you were shocked and disappointed over the last two years she has invaded our territory. I ask you to please understand, she truly did not know what she was doing. I hope you will support and welcome her to this pack. No wolf should ever be alone, but especially not a young pup with no training, no guidance, living alone in the human world while hiding such an enormous secret.”

The room was silent. A few of the women had tears in their eyes. I knew no one would object.

“Now, I'd also like to open the floor to hear any objections.”

Not a peep was heard, not even a whisper.

“Okay, Kelsey, welcome to the Westin Pack!”

“Thank you,” she said softly.

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