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accepted it, she was still adjusting.
    “Hello,” a voice called to her and Reggie looked up to see
another woman. She was a few inches shorter than Reggie, with short
golden-brown curls and big blue eyes.
    “Hello,” Reggie replied.
    “I’m Nikki Mondella,” the woman said and held a hand out to
Reggie.
    “Reggie,” she answered and then caught herself with a laugh.
“Reggie Ballard.”
    “I’m still getting used to it myself,” Nikki told her.
    “You…” Reggie wasn’t sure how to ask what was going through
her head.
    “Yeah, I’m from the other side as well,” Nikki nodded.
    “The song?” Reggie asked.
    Nikki nodded her head. “The most beautiful I’d ever heard. I
just knew that if I could find where it was coming from that I’d be okay.” She
smiled. “I was right.”
    “How long have you been here?” Reggie wanted to know.
    “About a month,” Nikki said. “We are just getting ready to
leave the cabins and head back to their shelter. I’m about to meet my new
family.”
    “Nervous?” Reggie asked.
    “Terrified,” Nikki answered with a laugh. “But so excited.
I’ve never really had a family.”
    Reggie wondered if that was something that they would all
have in common. “You’ve been in the cabin for a month?”
    “Yeah, according to my mates Gunnar and Geran, this is
considered the honeymoon period,” Nikki stated. “Each new triad is given the
time required to complete the bond and allow for her to successfully shift and
embrace her new wolf spirit.”
    “So I have more time before I go to meet my mates’ family,”
Reggie said. “I have to admit that I’m a little nervous about that.”
    “Did you leave family behind?” Nikki asked softly.
    “My mother,” Reggie said. “But honestly we were never really
that close and well, it was thanks to her actions that I am even here to begin
with. Can I ask you something?”
    “Sure,” Nikki replied.
    “Are you happy here? Do you miss home?” Reggie was curious
if she would experience doubt or homesickness down the road.
    “No,” Nikki shook her head and then laughed at the look
Reggie knew was on her face. “I mean that I don’t miss home. I love it here,
love my mates and feel grateful that I was chosen to come here.”
    Reggie laughed. “That’s good to hear. I guess that I’m still
adjusting.”
    “I think that is part of giving you so long here at the
cabin as well,” Nikki said softly and took her hands. “The good thing for you
is that when it is your turn to join everyone else you’ll already have a friend
there.”
    Reggie laughed. “I’d like that.”
    Nikki nodded.
    “Nicolette,” a man yelled and Reggie looked up to see one of
Nikki’s mates calling to her.
    “That’s Gunnar,” Nikki said. “Apparently it’s time to head
out.” She gave Reggie’s hand a squeeze. “Wish me luck.”
    “Luck,” Reggie said though she doubted the friendly girl would
need it. She had a feeling that everyone who met Nikki would love her.
    “I’ll see you in a few weeks,” Nikki called as she hurried
toward one of her mates.
    Reggie nodded and waved before turning and heading back to
her cabin. Taggart and Jamison would be there, waiting for her. For the first
time in her life she felt treasured and appreciated, loved. Every new morning
she opened her eyes and gave thanks that she really was here, with her mates.
Her life was a dream but thankfully one come true.
    “Reggie,” Jamison called as she approached the door.
“Hungry?” he asked and she could smell a delicious aroma coming from the cabin.
“Taggart is cooking.”
    “Ummm,” she sighed. “It smells delicious. I’m starved.”
    Jamison pulled her close and nibbled along her throat up to
her lips then took her under with his intoxicating kiss. “I’m starved too,” he
murmured. “But I guess we’d better feed you first.”
    “I think you’d better,” she agreed, though truth be told it
wouldn’t take much to convince her