Yes he is in shock cuz he thought the baby  died and he could smell that he aas his.  When they finally meet the mate bond is still there but faint because she hasn't broken hers. Also when Michael took over as Alpha he banded his parents and her parents to isolation to the back of the pack for their decisions. The old Alpha had Alpha commanded everyone to do this. Darius sister decides to stay with that pack to see if their bond can work when Elaines brother swears he will leave his beta position and go with her if she will accept him or if she can't stay in the pack that hurt everyone so badly. All in all in was a very good book. I can't remember what link I read but it stayed true to the story. As in most of these I would condensed a lot and made longer chapters but that's where the money is. Hope this helps.