That night I was pulled into my little personal dream world. John was already there, sitting in the grass leaning against a tree.
“You do know we don’t have to meet privately anymore, right?” He had a silly grin on his face.
I walked up and sat next to him. “I know. I am just nervous.”
He wrapped his arm around me. “Nervous about what?”
“Everything. My mom is moving out to give us privacy. The girls talked about the Mating ceremony. It’s all just so much.”
“Do you not want to mate with me?” I could hear the sadness in his voice.
“Of course I do. It’s just that so much has been going on. I was forced to move, found out I was a wolf, pushed into being Alpha, worked to get all the packs together, I was poisoned, and then fought in a battle against bears! A couple months ago I didn’t eve
