Chapter 20. Possibilities of a Mating Bond: pt. 1

Caleb’s POV

When we finally parted ways after dinner, we all headed back to our own cars.

Just as Mia had been on Shane’s passenger seat, Caroline had been on mine; we came here together from my house, which was basically a place our families shared due to the pack ranks.

We walked to my car side by side, but just as I reached for the door handle of the driver’s side, Caroline suddenly said, “Hey, hold on.”

I turned to her curiously. “Yeah?” I prompted. “What is it?”

Her lips curled into a smile, and in her eyes, I could see the reflection of the moonlight, just like the light reflected off of the sea. “Walk with me,” she said, a bit hesitantly. “There’s a park nearby. I want to relax a bit.”

As we walked toward the park, the night air carried a certain stillness, a quiet that wrapped around us like a familiar embrace. Caroline had asked me to walk with her, and I hadn’t hesitated. I never could when it came to her. There was something abou