Chapter 22

Tristan

I had never in my life found it so hard to focus on a single task. I had fought more battles than I could count in several wars, both before and since I had taken the mantle of Alpha of Blackrock, and never once had I found myself struggling to focus but as we approached the fishing cabin on foot through the dark forest, I could barely keep my thoughts straight or my emotions in check, I felt like a fucking chick.

Anger that I hadn’t marked and mated Cali yet, the fact that our bond wasn’t fully formed had caused us all a shit ton of trouble, and not being able to locate her had caused the feeling of uselessness which had in turn pissed me off. Fear that I would never see her long hair and pretty face again, I could lose her before she even became mine and that thought was terrifying. Nox was so on edge, so angry that his emotions kept taking over mine and I felt my eyes flare their usual ice blue and fro