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As he hugged his father, Paulie caught sight of Trent and frowned. “Who’s he?”
    “Paulie, this is Trent Hart. Trent, this is my son, Paul.”
    Trent extended his hand. “Nice to meet you, Paulie.”
    Paulie took it, all the while giving him a suspicious look. “Uh…
    hello? Who exactly are you, Trent?”
    Trent didn’t even know what made him say the following words.
    “I’m your Dad’s boyfriend.”
    He was not surprised when Drew cursed and punched him.

Chapter Three
    As he drove Dan’s car, Trent struggled to keep hold on his instincts and frustration. Through some miracle, Drew still agreed to their little trip, in spite of Trent’s blunder and presumptuousness. But he could feel the tension in his mate, and it made him more anxious than ever.
    Humans and wolf spirits were so very different. When wolf spirits found their mate, they could immediately acknowledge their bond, whereas humans hid behind their societal norms, burying the raw, instinctual part of them under thick constraints. For humans, dating and getting to know each other usually represented a prerequisite to introducing oneself to a partner’s family as a “boyfriend.” Wolves also passed through a period of courtship, and Trent now realized his intention had been to initiate it by his little announcement.
    Drew had been furious, but at the same time unable to deny neither his attraction toward Trent, nor that toward men, in general.
    Thankfully, Paulie had taken the news quite well. In fact, he seemed more concerned about Drew than anything else. “You okay, Dad?” he asked Drew. He and his father sat together on the backseat of Dan’s car, with Trent driving and Dan taking shotgun.
    “Fine,” Drew replied. “Just a bit tired.”
    Through the rearview mirror, Trent stole a look at his mate. Drew quickly averted his gaze, and Trent felt a pang of dismay. He’d really fucked things up, hadn’t he? He should have introduced himself as a man first, gotten Drew to know him, and only after they had something solid, told him about his wolf shifter nature. But he’d done everything the other way around, and now Drew had somehow ended up torn away from his home in the middle of a conflict between their races. True enough, circumstances played a big part in the whole debacle, but Trent couldn’t help but feel that he might have been able to do things better, if only he’d tried.
    He was so lost in his thoughts he almost missed Paulie’s words.
    “What happened with the wolf? Did it die?”
    Trent smiled a little at the youth’s tone. He liked Drew’s son, and he thought that maybe, in time, he could even grow to love him as his own. He shook himself. He had to take it slow and think like a human.
    Humans didn’t allow strangers to look after their children. And much to Trent’s dismay, he was, for Drew, nothing but a stranger.
    “He didn’t die,” he replied to Paulie. “Your father is too good a doctor to allow that to happen.”
    “Where is it then?”
    Trent couldn’t exactly tell the kid the wolf was driving this car, and he didn’t get the chance to come up with a different explanation.
    A sense of deep connection flooded over him, and at the same time, Drew clutched his chest. “Dad!” Paulie cried.
    The sound of helicopter blades filled Trent’s ears over the thumping of his heart. His mind could not process what was going on, and yet, his instincts knew. They were screaming once again, for the second time in the last twenty–four hours. Mate.
    Trent pulled the car over. In a few moments, the humans would realize why, as well. No car could outrun a helicopter, especially not one piloted by a spirit wolf. “A chopper?” Dan asked. “What the hell?”
    Paulie looked puzzled. “I can’t hear anything,” Paulie said.
    Drew seemed just as confused, and it struck Trent as odd that only Dan would hear better than the other two occupants of the car. He didn’t have too much time to dwell on his new dilemma.