It was October by the time they made it back to Tony’s cabin and resumed some sense of normalcy. Mostly because Lana had been on insistent on one thing and that was to make sure that all the saved girls found their packs or were taken care of and happy joining a new pack. Lana had done her best with Nora, who was Jake's mate. But Nora wanted to go back to her own pack and be with her family for now. Which made complete sense. Jake was going wild from the need to be near his mate and he was completely torn up over how to help her. But Lana had had to explain to Jake that right now, he needed to give her space.
"You don't need space from your mate," Jake had pointed out to Lana bitterly.
"Because he's known me since I was in diapers," Lana responded sharply. "He was my best friend before
