Chapter 28

Halsey's eyes widened to see she wasn't alone, but wait, what? She was a wolf shifter.

Observing Alpha Brentwood's claws, Halsey's eyes rose to him when he said, "And you're not a murderer; you were only protecting yourself from him."

Which was true.

"How long have you known what I am?" asked Halsey, curiously.

"Since the day I came into the station and found out that you were my fated mate."

"Fated mate?" questioned Halsey, not understanding what he meant by fated mate.

"When a wolf is of age, they find their mate." Alpha Brentwood explained.

Alpha Brentwood drew closer to her, taking her hands, and finished saying, "Halsey, we were destined by the moon goddess to be together."

Halsey stared into his eyes. She believed it. The day he walked into the gas station and their eyes met, she felt a strange sense that she had found something she had been searching for her entire life; this is why she gave him her landlady's number, as she didn't want to lose him and wanted him to be close to her.

"So a fated mate is like a wife for a human?" asked Halsey, needing to know more about this fated mate thing.

"Kind of, but way bigger." Alpha Brentwood drew even closer.

Halsey swallowed nervously as he did.

"What do you mean, way bigger?" she then asked.

Halsey's heart started beating faster as Alpha Brentwood held her face and lowered his head to hers. His hands cupping her face felt so warm and strong, and the air rushing from his nose against her face felt milk-warm.

"We don't wear a ring to show that we're married or already taken," said Alpha Brentwood as he stared down at her soft, moist pink lips, which he couldn't wait to kiss. However, there was something he had to do first—something his wolf had been longing to do since the day he saw her in the gas station and discovered she was his mate.

"Then what does a wolf shifter do?" asked Halsey eagerly before he could tell her.

"The male makes love to his she-wolf while he leaves a mark on her neck, showing everyone that she is his."

Halsey felt a static shock go off inside her as she heard him say the word "make love."

Suddenly, as if he couldn't wait any longer, Alpha Brentwood's lips went down to hers swiftly.

As Alpha Brentwood kissed her, Halsey saw a scene of everything within the world abruptly coming to a halt, except for both of them. The moving sea stayed still, and the clouds no longer drifted into the sky.

Eager to do what every male should do when he finds his fated mate, Alpha Brentwood quickly removed her clothing, then his. He takes her to bed, positioning her to lie flat on her stomach, before settling on top of her.

Halsey's mouth widened, her eyes closed shut, gripping the sheet tightly as she felt Alpha Brentwood slowly sink into her, forcing her walls to widen.

Alpha Brentwood took no time to mark her as his fated mate as he kept lowering into her.

"You're mine," he said in her right ear as he'd imprinted her.

Then, slowly, he began to move into her.

Halsey now sees that the world, which had paused during his kiss, instantly resumed its movement, but at a speed faster than ever before. The sea, once motionless, bolted along the shore, covering the land. A thousand seeds shoot out quickly, all at once, in no time, becoming grown flowers.

A volcano rumbling loudly, building up every second to erupt. Halsey cried out as she felt her body explode along with the volcano.

Alpha Brentwood held her tightly in his arms as they finished making love, never wanting to let her go. He watched his fated mate as she slept, exhausted from their passionate lovemaking.