Chapter 8

I was saved from responding by Gabriel, who swiveled his head back to face me. "There is a pack emergency. I'm going back." I blinked in surprise and felt a mild surge of frustration. I still had no idea what I was supposed to do next. In a traditional relationship the female would join the male's pack and live with him after they Mated, but I was nowhere close to ready for such a thing. In fact, the thought of living in the Black Mountains Pack territory was horrifying. I needed some more time to figure things out. To make matters worse, our conversation had only served to muddle my emotions even more. Truthfully, a large part of me didn't want him to go. There was still so much left to discuss, and on top of that my Wolf would pine after him the second he left, I knew. But if Gabriel thought the emergency was important enough to return to his pack I was going to make no attempt to dissuade him. "I can't wait here. Alpha Brett and my father expec