Terrance POV A couple hours later, I was back at the packhouse, still trying to figure out where exactly that conversation had changed direction. One minute I was complimenting my mate on making such a good impression as the Luna, the next she's pointing out to me that I just indirectly proposed. I mean, not that I'm opposed to marriage. Many wolves choose not to marry, since mating and marking your mate is an even stronger bond than marriage in our world. Once marked, wolves are bound to each other for all of eternity and can even feel each other's emotions and hear each other's thoughts. If one mate dies, about 95% of the time the other dies within just a few hours. If they do survive, it's usually because they have small children that they still need to care for. But even in the case