Fated mates are the other half of the wolf's soul. The human part does not have a fated mate but feels the bond through the wolf and will love that person unconditionally.

Fated mates can be found through scent or by looking into their eyes.

You can only find a fated mate once you come of age because the wolf must be present.

A wolf who has not met their mate yet will still feel the bond break if their fated mate dies or the stress if they are in severe danger.

If a mate dies before its coming of age (or first shift), the surviving wolf will know its mate is no longer living when it emerges for the first time.

The mate bond will stop a wolf from having sex with anyone other than its mate. The human can overpower the wolf. However, this typically creates a mentally unstable being, where the wolf eventually turns on the human.

Depending on the severity of the human's behavior, the wolf can go feral, where the wolf kills the human part. In adult wolves, this is seen mainly in cases where the human allowed the mate to be abused/raped by others. In young wolves, this can happen if the mate is found and rejected by the human before it has learned control of its wolf.

The wolf side typically goes with the human side on anything except for its mate, so this is rare.

The mate bond lasts approximately the time it took for the wolf to emerge. So, the average age for the bond to start fading is 28, which takes 2 to 3 years.

Once it fades completely, the wolf will allow the human to choose a mate, but the wolf must agree. This is called a Choice Mate.

When a mate dies, it will take 3 to 5 years for the wolf to allow a choice mate.

If the mate were no longer living when it first shifted, it would allow a choice mate at any time; however, most wolves only look for a mate once they are 18.

Only wolves whose mate has died or those with an unhealthy relationship with their wolves will have sex outside the mate bond.

The female wolves do not have a heat, but the male will sense when a female is ovulating, and the wolf will seek her out for sex. Ovulation lasts normally three days. Mated females who want children track this and will stay inside during ovulation. However, most male wolves will turn away from a mated female anyway because they smell the scent of their mate.

When a female is unmated, she is given a supplement that stops her from ovulating. This plant, called Bracken, grows wild and is available on every continent.

Females wolves that are abused sexually may have the supplement withheld to cause a frenzy when they ovulate.

They do not ovulate until the age of 14.