Free Wolf Games: Granite Lake Wolves, Book 3 by Vivian Arend

whole idea of fated mates didn’t bother him one bit.
    Jared yawned, a loud juicy sound that made Erik laugh. Time to round them up. “Hey, good job today,
    everyone.”
    TJ waved lazily, tucking away the mouth organ and letting out his own yawn. “It’s the altitude, I
    swear it is. I’m heading to bed. Early morning I assume?”
    “On the trail by seven please.”
    Jared nodded. “I’ll turn in as well. I need to spend some time talking to my eyelids.”
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    Erik wondered what the hell was up as Jared gave a direct look at Maggie as he spoke and she
    laughed.
    It took a long time for the boys to crawl into the tent, and organize their sleeping bags with all their
    goofing off. The grumbles and laughter slowly died away, and Erik relaxed. Finally. Time alone with his
    mate.
    The two of them sat silently, the small noises of the forest at night continuing. Here in the
    southernmost part of the Yukon, the sky insisted on staying bright, but it wasn’t midnight sun by any
    means. There was a beautiful pink glow rising from behind the eastern mountain and Erik shuffled back
    down to rest his head on the log they’d rolled over to sit on.
    Maggie looked at him for a long moment before sighing. “It’s no use, is it?”
    “What?”
    She touched his arm hesitantly and a thrill shot through him. Oh hell-o. He kept his hands behind his
    head and watched as she wiggled closer, resting her head on his chest. Her short bouncy curls tickled his
    chin and her breath warmed him. “I can’t deny I’m attracted to you. My wolf likes you too.” She sat up to
    look into his eyes. “I just can’t…”
    “I’m not asking you to. Not yet. You told me to wait, I’m waiting.” Shit, crap and merde, he was
    waiting.
    “Where were you born?”
    Erik wondered where the remote was. “That was a quick change of topic.”
    She snuggled against him and his wolf preened at the attention. “I just thought maybe if we learned a
    little more about each other, it would help.”
    He nodded slowly. Made sense. Didn’t seem like they were going to be passing the time with any
    other distracting activities.
    “Lavrentiya. Small coastal village on the Bering Strait.”
    She paused. “I guess that explains why you speak Russian. When did you come to Alaska?”
    He told her about his childhood and moving around until the family finally settled in Sitka. “The rest
    of my family is still there. I’d love to take you to meet them. When this is all over.”
    “All over?”
    “The Games.”
    “Oh.” She nodded. “That would be…nice. I guess.”
    “What about you? I know your family went through some tough times, so let’s not talk about that
    now. Tell me your favorite colour.”
    Maggie snorted. “You’re really not what I expected, you know that?”

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    “Why? Because I want to be able to buy you sexy underwear in your favorite colour?” Her jaw
    dropped and he grinned. “Damn, you’re fun to tease.” She wiggled her nose and he wondered what was
    going on behind those beautiful eyes of hers.
    He grabbed her hand. He’d done more handholding in the past few days than in his entire life before.
    “I was thinking about your fainting issue while we were on the trail. You said it’s a chemical imbalance?”
    She nodded. “It only got bad this past year, and obviously I can’t shift to wolf for her to be able to
    heal me.”
    Yeah, that part. He wasn’t even going to try to touch that issue yet. Soon, but not tonight. “I think it
    has to do with you not shifting and avoiding wolves. We give off so many pheromones, all the time, it helps
    maintain a delicate balance. Now that you’re around pack, even a few of us, you should feel better.”
    Maggie stared at him. “That’s why I came north to rejoin the pack. Missy insisted being around her
    family would be enough to heal me.” She looked down at where their joint hands rested in his