SEBASTIAN I couldn’t sleep. I keep replaying the conversation about pups at the pumpkin patch. Before bed, Giada reassured me she did want children and that she would talk with a doctor about her concerns. She just wanted to wait a bit, but I didn’t want to. I didn’t tell her that because she said the whole conversation was overwhelming. Werewolves do everything quickly: marking, mating, and having pups. When we know who our mates are, we don't hesitate. I open a lamp and stare at her sleeping peacefully on her side with both hands under her pillow. She called me intense when she was talking to Marco, trying to explain my behavior. If I’m intense, it’s because she drives me insane with need. Even now, weeks after taking her home, the burning desire to constantly be near her, to be insi

