caught somewhere between his best friends and his new pack, lucas sinclair makes a bold decision at the very last minute before spring break comes: he's going to drop all of his original plans and fly across the country to visit his best friend, will byers, out in california. a breath of fresh air and a little distance from his problems may be just what he needs to figure out what to do, and lucas is thrilled at the prospect of seeing will again.will byers did not plan for his very biology to turn against him when he finally had a chance to see his friends again, but what seems like a simple illness quickly spirals out of his control into something he has no desire to deal with while lucas and mike are in town. but when lucas offers to help him through a troublesome first heat, will discovers he might be in far more trouble then he already was.