Tom

I awoke to an empty bed. I had reached for my mate with a huge smile on my face, but the bed was cold beside me.

I was on full alert as I jumped up from bed and checked the bathroom for her. It was empty. I swept the room for any signs of  Jasmine. The only thing I found to show that she had even been there at all, was one shoe peeking out from under the bed. Well, that and the mark she had left on my neck when we had sealed our bond.

My heart ached and I was finding it hard to breathe.

Had she regretted binding herself to me? Anger erupted within me. It was too late for regrets. What was done was done. As far as I knew, there was absolutely no way to undo a bond. She was stuck with me whether she liked it or not.

Logically I knew my thoughts were merely a firewall protecting my heart. It was failing though. She had already breeched that too. I had to find her.

I was trying to think through what I knew about my mate when there wa