Maya and Josh sat in the dining room, sipping champagne with her parents and waiting for her brother and Josh to get there for dinner. She had imagined today would be much happier, but she was cranky from lack of sleep and stressed. Technically they were officially announcing to her family that they were mates, but everyone already knew, so it was more like a ‘hey looks like we’re going to accept each other’ celebration. It had been a week since the Alpha Conference, and Maya was feeling a little nervous about Mark and Dustin meeting right before she left for a new pack. She had hoped to have this part of things over with, but Mark didn’t spend much time at home. They were leaving for his pack tomorrow, and if everything went well, she would finish school in his pack. That was a lot of cha
