35~ Falling deeper

James I pretended to sleep as Zoe awoke and changed into her training attire, trying to be quiet so as not to wake me up. She left for her morning run and I decided to follow her so that we could run together. I wanted to surprise her with an abrupt appearance. Waiting for her to leave the mansion, I got up and put on grey shorts and a white vest. I left the mansion but bumped into my father on my way out. “Morning, Dad,” I greeted him. He had a huge grin on his face as he responded. “Mmmmm the morning is good indeed. How’s my newly mated son doing? What does Zoe’s mark look like?” He asked, smiling, clearly in a good mood. “Dad c’mon,” I groaned. He liked asking for details as if he was my best friend. Anyway, he was... it’s always been him and I. “It’s a black wolf standing like a man, howling towards the moon,” I said, scratching my neck. The mark confused me too, Tyler didn’t look like that at all. I saw it last night as I was bathing Zoe. “Interesting.. anyway, what matters is you