Cody POV
I woke up feeling more refreshed and alive than I had in my entire life. I had my beautiful, amazing mate at my side, and she was finally completely mine. In my mind, the only thing we had left to do in our relationship was to eventually married and have pups. And actually, a lot of werewolves didn't even bother getting married, since marking each other was an even strong lifelong commitment than marriage. After all, marriages could be ended by divorce. Our marks were forever.
Candi was still sleeping peacefully beside me. I needed to meet with my dad concerning some pack business, but I didn't want to wake her, so I just wrote a quick note, laid it on the pillow, and kissed her softly before getting dressed and heading upstairs for my meeting. I had linked her guards that
