Aidan recoiled, shocked by the depth of rage in that girl's voice, though his own was not any less. He had waited centuries for his mate, and now she would not accept his claim on her, and that was exactly like...

“Are you rejecting me?” he growled.

“I'm telling you I won't let you mark me until I've met your wolf,” Rhiannon replied. After all, she the last lycan in her bloodline, and regardless of how much Aidan was her destined mate, she wasn't willing to bond with a wolf she didn't know.

“Th