Cole hadn't wasted any time in rushing to his mate. He knew who she was now and had no intention of letting her go. He had harboured his own innate hopes that the bond he felt with her was real and he'd been right. A predicament that made him feel like the happiest man on earth. He had many questions. They swarmed his head, buzzing uncontrollably, but he couldn't allow them to cloud his mind and deter his mission just yet.
Sandra had broken protocol to stop him from asking questions. Everything around the secrecy of Katie being a werewolf was still a mystery to him, but it was what it was. Clearing his mind, he reached the tree line into the forest and shifted, following the alluring scent to its source. From what he could tell, now that he knew she was moving, she was not heading for the festival at all, but her path seemed to pass remarkably close.