The days that follow are hectic.

I hardly get to see Magda, even at the dinner table she is absent. So is Rain, for that matter. And I notice that Ralph is really stressed now; he still looks pretty unsure of his mate. There is something between the two that is indefinable. They don't sleep in one room, and obviously don't have sex. For a Lycan, that is incomprehensible, they are known to be impatient and dominant when it comes to mating. And Ralph has definitely changed in his male role, I know him as a man who takes from women what he needs, compensates them richly for their services...