Luke's pov I looked into Casey's eyes one last time before turning away towards the direction of the forest. We've decided it's time I tried to connect with my wolf. Casey wanted to come with me but I warned her not to. If my wolf came out and saw her I knew we would end up mating. I wanted to make our marking and mating special. Make it unforgettable and memorable. I wanted to do it right, take her out to a fancy dinner at an expensive and classy restaurant. And send her someplace special and private to mate. In order to accomplish that I needed to make sure that we had no worries and no matter how much time we spent way from the pack it would be okay. I wanted to mate her without the threat of Lance hanging gloomily over our heads. But for all of that to happen we needed to