Luke's POV The morning sun shone in from the window that we hadn't closed the curtains over last night, and I opened my eyes to see Elena lying quietly in my arms. Her long eyelashes left a small shadow under her eyes, and my mark sat proudly on her neck where I had bitten her last night. I looked at the bite mark and felt a pang of satisfaction. Elena had finally accepted me and I had officially become her mate. Although I didn't want to leave this peaceful, quiet, and warm morning, I had other things to do. Elena was still exhausted from last night, and I carefully withdrew my arm from under her, thankful that she showed no signs of waking up. I got up as carefully as I could so as not to disturb her, picked up my clothes from the floor and practically tiptoed to the doo

