Levi
I stay awake until I hear the sound of the three girls’ breathing even out. Then I stay awake until I feel the weight of Qadira’s head get heavier as she too falls asleep. I’m just about to drift off when Bjorn speaks.
“If you two are mates, how come my daughter isn’t wearing your mark, wolf?”
Malcolm turns his head to look at him. In the dark, I can see him watching me. Since Malcolm can’t answer him and he’s obviously expecting an answer, Malcolm shifts carefully, so we don’t disrupt Qadira.
After I shift, I hold still as Qadira moves her head off my back and pushes her body closer to mine so we’re still touching.
“Hope hasn’t had it as easy as Orsa would like to think she has,” I say.
“What does that have to do with you marking her?” he asks.
I sigh. “She won’t accept me. I
