He cuddled up to me, shove his head under my chin, made himself smaller to fit under me. I started grinning. So he wasn't angry at all! I rubbed my head on his and comforted him. Savored the moment. I was so scared he could be angry. I never thought of a positive reaction. I still felt a little bad, since I couldn´t held my feelings back, till he would have said it´s fine for him, but seemed like I did well after all.

Romeos POV

I cuddled up with the cute fox, sitting at the edge of the forest clearing, who just jumped back from me. I was a little confused after his sign of affection, but the moment I saw Finn bow down I was unable to not cuddle up to him and make him feel better. He was my best friend. I didn't think other of him, even after his little licking thing. I clearly knew he was attracted to me, but I thought it was just because of my strong omega scent, and since Finn didn't do anything to make me feel uncomfortable I was fine with his attraction towards me. I just made sure to not keep his hope high so I would never come into the situation where I would have to break his heart. I mean, I was attracted towards him as well, but I couldn’t see myself in a relationship right now, and I knew that beta and omega relationships weren’t the standard. Out there where an alpha waiting for me. My fated mate. And there was a fated mate for Finn as well, so there was no way for us to build a long lasting relationship after all.

We cuddled a while until we got on a streak to a hut. There were plenty in the woods. We got to one shift back and grabbed two blankets to keep us warm in our human forms.

We stepped out of the hut again and sat down on a fallen tree. I cuddled up to Finn. “Are you fine?”, he asked me. I looked up to him and nodded. “You as well? You know, that we aren't able to build a relationship right?” I wanted to make my standpoint clear. I didn't know how much I broke Finn's heart this moment, and he didn't show it as well. He just nodded, gave me a little smile and turned his head away again. I cuddled to comfort him a little and he laid his arm around me. I was just honest. I didn't want to change anything between us. I wasn't even ready for a relationship right now, even if I would have been trustful that we could have a future.

Finn sighed. Then he began talking. “Wanna know how I lost my mom?” “She was shot” I answered. He nodded. “But you know that’s not the whole story.” Now I was the one nodding, so he got on. “I don´t know why. Got never the chance to ask, but we were on the stretch. Maybe to find my dad, maybe because my Mom was just restless since she was mateless, I don´t know, I don't know where our way would have led us. I just trusted her. We were days on the stretch. Never stopping for long. She hunted for me most of the times, or we sneaked near to human houses to steal out of their trash. More than one day I was near forgetting I am a shapeshifter” That was a huge problem. Especially for Shapeshifters on the stretch. If you are too long inside the animal, you start forgetting yourself and one day you are nothing more than an animal. “My mom reminded me, or most days even forced me to change back, since I lost myself so deep in the animal I forgot the way out.” I nodded just. I never heard the full story from his journey to our pack, I only knew that his mom was shot and that they had to force Finn back into his human form when they found him on our land. He got on. “Our way was through the whole american woods, till the day mom didn´t shift back anymore. She didn’t even react to me anymore whenever I shifted back. She seemed to forgot what and who she was. She didn't even recognize me in my human form” I cuddled a little nearer to Finn so he knew he wasn't alone. I wanted to comfort my best friend. The love of my young life. “I tried to remind myself to shape back, since she didn´t reminded me anymore. Since we were two years on the stretch already when she lost herself I was able to remind myself I couldn't lose me as well, she wouldn't have wanted it. I stayed with her, since she let me, watched over her, till the day she wandered into this one human hood where she got shot. I was near to her. I shifted back, took her on my arms, ran back inside the woods, tried to safe her, but…” He stopped, I scratched his back, tried to sooth him, while Finn started to cry a little. I waited patiently since he got on. “I couldn't do anything anymore. She died in my arms. One year after she lost herself. I buried her, then after a few days of grief I got on, trying to find my own way, trying to find a place to stay. Then one day I stumbled on your pack's land. The rest is history.” I nodded again. “Thank you, for your trust” I whispered. Finn nodded, still in grief. I tried to comfort him more. He cuddled himself nearer to me, tried to hide himself on me. I just let him, even pecked a kiss on his head to show him my participation. He smiled a little. Seemed to be released now.

I sighed now myself. “I got a sad story as well” I said. Finn lifted his head to look at me. “You know already the story of my rape” I said. He nodded. “But you don't know the whole story, it’s even harsher. Nesoto where my idol till that day.” Finn drew in some air, but stayed silence apart from this to let me talk. “I first met him with the age of 6, was even in kindergarten back then. I was on a playground with my brother. He was on watch with me, but he didn't care about me back that day. I cried because of a fight Jessy and I had about a sandpit shovel. She even hit me on the head with the shovel. That was the moment Nesoto walked through with his friends. He came to the playground with a bright smile, walked up to us and stopped Jessy from hitting me. He even got me another shovel. Said we should stop fighting. I was mesmerized. He was one of the big kids. I wanted to be like him. And I was mesmerized by his strong alpha scent. Even in kids age he got a high alpha scent. No wonder since he´s the son of the alpha pair. But not only I was mesmerized. The mothers on the side where as well. His alpha scent got such a huge influence. After this he patted my head and got away. For him I was just a little kid in a sandbox, but for me he was the big hero. I only saw him once, but I wanted to get strong so I would see him one day again. And then… I got to high school. I was so hyped seeing Nesoto again, even if he didn't seem to remember me. And then that day came… I must not tell how disappointed I was after that day, have I? He was my hero till this day, and he did this to me…” Finn nodded. “Must be hard, is he your fated one?” I nodded. “I think so. My wolf says so since that day in the sandbox, but it seems like he didn't see or he doesn't care. Or he ignored his wolf that day.” Finn nodded again. My wolf cried out in pain inside of me, so I let out a howling. Finn joined me, since I was a little lighter. I learned after the last two years to let out my emotions and not burry them inside of me. I looked at my wolf. Felt my wolf jumping inside of me, like he was just doing with Nesoto, but I knew he must have been confused from the betray. There was no way, I got two fated mates. Especially no fox.