LAILA'S POV
I was touched by Dylan’s decision to announce that we would be doing our mating ritual but at the same time, I felt like this was bad timing. There was a lot going on already, and I felt like we were both taking on too much, especially him because he still had things to do now that his father was no more. The mourning period for his father wasn’t over yet so I kind of felt like doing this now was disrespectful. I wished we could just hold it off a little longer but at the same time, I knew that his mother was working overtime to ruin things between us.
After announcing that we were going to complete our mating ritual, Dylan and I excused ourselves from the party so that we could spend some alone time together. We hadn’t been together in a very long time and I missed being in
