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tasted anything so good.”
    “Just wait until you eat what Emily has planned for you tonight,” Tricia responded. “Nothing is too good for our Alpha’s mate, and Emily plans to spoil you with the best cooking you’ve ever had.”
    Sidney did choke a little at what Tricia said about her being their Alpha’s mate.
    “Alpha’s mate?” she asked, wary of the answer.
    Tricia looked at her confused, and then bit her lip as if she realized she had said something wrong.
    “Well, yeah,” she answered a little sheepishly. “You’re Josh’s true mate, and once he claims you, you will become the she-Alpha of our Pack.”
    “I can’t do that,” Sidney stated, suddenly losing her appetite. “I’m human, and besides, Josh doesn’t seem like he likes me very much.”
    “Oh—Josh likes you alright,” Tricia said, watching Sidney get up and pace. “I’ve never seen him so worked up about a woman in my life, and Josh and I grew up together.”
    “But why?” Sidney asked, stopping in the middle of her pace to direct the question at Tricia.
    “Because you’re his true mate,” Tricia said, as if it were obvious. “You two were made for each other.”
    “But, I’m human, and he’s been nothing but horrible to me since we met,” Sidney said. “Hell, he locked me in here.”
    Tricia stood and walked over to where Sidney stood. “I think you just took him by surprise,” she said, as if she were trying to comfort a wild animal. “We rarely, if ever, find our true mates, and you just walked straight up to him out of nowhere. Plus, you’re human, and again, we rarely, if ever, mate with humans. Some of us consider it wrong to mix our blood, but many of us know it is necessary in order to remain clean and not turn our kind into feral wolves.
    “Josh’s father believed we should not mix our blood, which is why he stuck us out here, so far away from civilization. Most of us have never even laid eyes on a human.”
    Sidney went back to the bed and sat down, feeling weak in the legs at Tricia’s explanation. “Wow,” was all she could think of to say. “That’s crazy.”
    “Tell me about it,” Tricia smiled. “The man was a bit of a feral one himself. My parents said, when he had become Alpha, everyone was surprised. He hadn’t been meant to obtain the role. He had challenged our original Alpha, and killed him, taking the position. Him and Alana’s parents moved us out here, and set up this little hidden village, when Josh was one. No one knows what happened to Josh’s mother. We never met her.
    "We lived out here with Josh’s father as our Alpha, and each day he seemed to become a bit crazier. Then, one day, when Josh was about 17, his father just turned into a wolf and disappeared for good. We figure it was because of Josh’s mother. Either she didn’t accept the mating bond, or, as many of us speculate, she died during childbirth. We were taught after the mating bond is complete, if our mates were to reject us or die, we would either die too, or go feral. We just had never actually seen it happen.
    "It devastated Josh. He not only lost his father, but he also had become the new Alpha over night. Many of us feared he wouldn’t be able to take on the role. However, he seemed to fit right into it, as soon as the role was his. He took charge of everything and has from then on.
    "He’s a great Alpha. He is kind, wise, and just. I think, if his mother was still around and his father hadn’t gone insane, they would have been proud of him.”
    Tricia spoke of Josh as if were the greatest person she had ever known. Sidney watched the woman’s eyes sparkle with admiration, and couldn’t help but wonder if she had a bit of a crush on him.
    “Sounds like you have a bit of a thing for him,” Sidney teased, and almost giggled at the blush that covered Tricia’s cheeks.
    Tricia sat down next to her again. “No, not anymore. I just admire him as my Alpha. In our younger years, we did have a bit of a fling,