Alec’s POV continued- The next morning my alarm goes off bright and early. I’m up pretty quickly, excited about the game today. I’m not usually a morning person unless I have something I’m looking forward to. Football just happens to be one of those things. I get up and brush my teeth and get dressed before heading to the dining hall for breakfast. We don’t have training today since it’s gameday, but we do need to eat a lot to be ready for the 3 hour game. When we get to campus there will be another breakfast for us there, but if we ate like we really wanted to in there, some of the humans might have a coronary. We run through at least twice as many calories as a human on a normal day so we always eat a lot, and even more on game days. After we’re done we all pile into our vehicles and head to campus. Kade and Zander are with me and I take the chance before we get out to talk to Kade again while Zander goes inside. “I know you’re tired of me harping on you about this again, but I ju

Kade’s POV- My first game was in the books, and it was an amazing experience. The guys weren’t kidding about the adrenaline jolt when you first hit the field. And the crowd cheering for us all so loud that we could barely hear each other? Amazing. It was such a high, from the minute we ran out on the field together to the end when we met up midfield with the opposing team. I was even able to get 2 sacks to start my college football career without ever playing in the 4th quarter. But when the game was over and the adrenaline was worn down, I started to hurt for Cataleya again. It didn’t help that I would get subtle hits of her scent any time I was near Dean. Now that I didn’t have anything else to focus on she was all I could think about. I needed to calm my mind so I jumped in the shower to wash the game grime off and got dressed to head back home. It just shows how much of a pack we really are that all of us were done and ready to go around the same time.As soon as the door opened

Dean’s POV continued- I was seething, still trying to figure out what the hell just happened. After a few minutes of deep breathing I was able to calm down enough to look over at my sister. I think the shock has worn off of the both of us at this point, and I could finally see through the mask she has been trying to wear over the last few weeks. There were bags under her eyes that shouldn’t be there at her age, and she looked tired and sad. Did she look like that this whole time and I was just too self obsessed to see it? I never wanted to see that sadness in her eyes.“Leya, you know I love you, but how could you keep something like this from me? How long have you been hiding it?” I should have known that the quiet from her was just the calm before the storm, as she rounded on me and I swerved the car a bit not ready for her reaction.“Are you kidding me?! You make this huge scene in front of almost everybody we both know and you wonder why I didn’t tell you? This is the exact reaso

Cataleya’s POV continued- My nerves were a mess as soon as I stepped on campus. Dean didn’t have practice today, but I wanted to drive myself. It would allow for a clean getaway at least if something didn’t go right. I got to campus somewhat early so I could grab some coffee before I made it to the classroom. Once I got close I could see Kade already there, standing outside the door. When I got closer I could see his body stiffen for a second before he relaxed and looked up to lock eyes with me. I smiled at the warmth I saw in his eyes.“Good morning,” I said when I got close enough. “Good morning, Beautiful.”“Were you waiting for me?”“Well when you said you would talk to me at school today, you never really said when, so I got here as early as I could just in case,” he said with a sheepish little grin. I chuckled a bit at him and his smile grew. It instantly melted away the tension I had from the morning. “So about kissing you on Saturday,” he started, “I wanted to say that I’m

Kade’s POV continued- I watch her silently take in the surroundings as I lay out everything for the picnic. The wildflowers are still showing even though it’s so hot at this time of year, but nowhere near as nice as it is in the spring. Hopefully she will let me take her here again at that time so she can get the full impact of this place. It truly is a magical spot. Her next question almost has me thinking she might already be able to read my thoughts and emotions.“So what makes this place your favorite, other than the obvious?”“Well actually there are multiple reasons. Of course as you can see it is a gorgeous site, made even more gorgeous with you here to brighten up everything,” I saw as she blushes. “This is also where my mom met my dad and found out they were mates. It was shortly after my mom turned 18. My dad was on patrol and she was excited to let her wolf run. Her family had recently switched packs after not fully agreeing with the morals of the Alpha of her previous pac