Raffaele was sitting in the kitchen talking to his mother, his eyes glued to the clock on the wall. She had just forced him to sit down, after he was pacing for the last half hour, waiting for Vanessa to return. “She’s with her family, mein Schotz, don’t stress her. She’ll be back soon,” Luna Marlene tried to soothe him while baking some cookies. She knew her son’s mate enjoyed eating them, and she wanted to properly welcome her to the family, now that they were marked and mated. She was already feeling giddy inside, just thinking of everything that would need to be done now to formally introduce Vanessa to the pack. All of a sudden, Raffaele felt a piercing pain in his head, making him nearly black out. His wolf started to howl in the back of his head, adding to the migraine like pain

