Losing Myself in You by Heather C. Myers Page A

exactly sure what to say to this," Thane continued, his e yes focused solely on his mate sitting directly across from him.  Razi stared back.  They didn’t need to speak to each other to communicate.
    " It’s a travesty is what it is,” Razi said, her face contorting up into a snarl.  She didn’t notice the errant strands of greying brown locks escaping from their confines of the clip currently holding her hair into place.  “Our pure line has been tainted with human.  How could you do this, Marcus?”
    “He didn’t have much of a choice, my dear,” Thane pointed out before Marcus had a chance to defend himself.  He was grateful for it, truth be told; arguing with Razi was like arguing with a brick wall: exhausting and impossible.  “Phasing can occur between any two people, regardless of race, sex, and age.”
    “You cannot tell me you approve of this?” she asked him in disbelief.
    “Approve?”  He shook his head so his thick, shoulder-length blond hair followed his movements.  “No.  But what’s done is done, Razi.  Our Alpha phased with a human.  He already marked her.  What else can be done about it?”
    She was silent for a long moment, letting her mate’s words sink in.  Then, "We will need to meet her," Razi said, turning her head so she locked eyes with Marcus. "Before you go through with your decision, however animalistic it was, we will need to meet her and give you our approval of the match.  Just because you’ve phased with someone does not mean she’s entitled to be your Alpha female, especially because she’s human.” 
    "There's no need to meet her!" Marcus exclaimed, his temper getting the better of him for a moment. When he realized his outburst, he lowered his voice. "I have no desire to marry her. She is obnoxious and annoying and I have no idea why I bit her in the first place!"
    "It doesn't matter that you don't want her or that you don't understand why you did what you did," Razi explained.  She took a sip of her wine and let it linger in her mouth before swallowing. "Love is incomprehensible, something the mind cannot understand. So, our body reacts for us because it has a better understanding of the emotion."
    "You are saying I love her?" Marcus asked in disbelief.
    "She is saying that though your mind won't allow it, your body already knows," Thane answered. "You know that when a wolf bites anything – human, wolf, whatever – the victim experiences a hunger that cannot be satiated by anyone else but the wolf, correct?" Marcus said nothing but nodded, listening intently. "Well, the same goes for the wolf. He will never be fully satisfied by anyone other than the woman he bit."
    Marcus's mouth dropped open upon hearing that. He had expected it would just be one way, not…
    "It is imperative that we meet this woman and give her our approval," Thane told him, and though his voice was light, Marcus could tell the Elder was quite serious.
    "And if you don't?" Marcus asked. His breathing hitched at all of this new information. "If you don't approve of her, what will happen? You say I will never be satiated by anyone else… Will you throw her out?"
    Thane pressed his lips together, not willing to be the one to tell Marcus what will happen.
    Razi took over, as she usually did. "We will take a vote and you could be expelled from the pack because of a decision that could negatively affect us," she told him, her demeanor softening as she continued to regard him with fierce eyes. Though she was usually a hard woman, she was quite fond of Marcus.  “In all likelihood, we will reject her.  She’s human, after all, regardless of your body’s response to her.  From there, you can either choose a wife from this pack and live a long life with someone who isn’t your true mate, or you can choose to withdraw from your Alpha position, from this pack, and be with her."
    Marcus felt his heart constrict at either choice.  From the corner of his eye, he noticed Julianne with