16 Chapter 16

“Mates fall in love quickly but I realize you haven’t had the time to process all of this. Love will come. You’re my mate. Perfect for me in every way as nature designed.”

“But I have nothing to give you…”

“You don’t understand, I despaired of ever finding you. I am one hundred and fifty years old…”

Sean sputtered, “But you look to be only thirty, thirty-five tops.”

“That’s one of the advantages of being a loup-garou. We are long-lived and our mates, from our mating bite and the exchange of bodily fluids, live as long as we do.”

“But my mother died of cancer.”

“Your mother’s mate died and they were no longer exchanging fluids, so she got sick. Loup-garou don’t get human diseases. You were probably extremely healthy as a child and always healed quickly from the normal cuts and scrapes that are part of a boy’s life.”

“So that’s why when my so-called father beat the shit out of me, I could walk the next day after he broke my ribs.”