A/N: All cannon characters and settings belong to the brilliant mind of Patricia Briggs. The rest come solely from my imagination. This is written merely for my own pleasure and the pleasure of others. Also, I tend to get long-winded, so some of my chapters may be long, no, not may be, will be. You have been warned.

P.S. This chapter is extremely short. While I still have ideas for Ben and Luna, and will be continuing their story in a sequel, I feel that this 'chapter' of their lives has come to a close. Ben has found the one thing he was searching for without even realizing he was doing it. He has found his home. To those who have read this and have favorited it, or followed it, or reviewed it, thank you so much. Please follow their story further when I begin posting chapters for the sequel Embracing the Future.

Ben watched Luna as she fixed dinner for them that evening. He could feel her happiness through their mate bond and it made him smile because he knew that was all his doing. He knew he was the one who brought that happiness into her life. When she first came to the Columbia Basin Pack she'd been shy, quiet, and a bit closed off but not anymore. Now she was open with others, willing to let people in. And he knew he'd played a big part in that. It wasn't just him, it was also the pack, but he was the biggest influence in helping her to feel more comfortable, more at ease with others.

He considered his life, where he'd been heading versus where he was now, and he knew if she hadn't come into his life when she did he'd have ended up in a very ugly place. Or dead. That was a possibility as well. She'd helped him to heal in ways he'd not even realized he'd needed. With Luna's help he'd gone from hating all women to realizing that most women were nothing like his mother had been. Most women wouldn't dream of abusing their children the way she'd abused him. He still had some issues with using demeaning words from time to time but it was nothing in comparison to the way he used to talk about the fairer sex.

Luna felt his eyes on her and looked over her shoulder at him. A few months ago she never would have imagined she'd be sharing her home with a man. She'd left Aspen Creek still feeling skittish of male werewolves and the thought of getting involved with anyone, especially a werewolf, had made her cringe because of what had happened to her when she was with her old pack in New Orleans. Looking at Ben though, feeling his love through their mate bond, she couldn't imagine ever living alone again. Ben had turned her world upside down but she had the feeling she'd done the same thing to him.

Later that night they lay in bed entwined in each other's arms. "I love you," Ben murmured and pressed a kiss to her temple.

Luna lifted sleepy eyes to him and gave him a contented smile. "I love you too," she said before she snuggled up and drifted off to sleep.

Ben laid there watching her sleep for a long time. He'd been a werewolf for ten years, this was his second pack, but it wasn't until that moment, watching his mate sleep tucked against him, that he realized he'd finally found his home.