"He left!"

Hashmuk walked around the palace searching for his mate, Kelvin. It had been a month, and he had yet to set his eyes on him. He walked towards his wing, and his heart skipped a beat when he didn’t see him. He rushed to his friend’s wings, and his heart thumped more wildly when he failed to see them as well. After Karen’s departure, he decided to give him some time since he thought he needed it. He was Karen's closest friend out of all of them. Karen was like a mother to him, despite the fact that she was two years older than him.

There was a time, when they were having their deep conversations after making love, when Kelvin admitted that he grew up with no motherly love. His father was a gangster who was murdered by their leader, leaving him to fend for himself. He used to walk around aimlessly with nothing to do until he met Karen. She took him to school, and he graduated as a doctor, despite the fact that everyone in the pack assumed he was her driver.

When Karen approached him one