I’m paying for sugar and eggs at the supermarket when the sky breaks open.The cashier and I gape together at the sudden downpour before he pulls my two items out of the paper bag he had placed them in, trading it for a plastic bag instead. I grumble a thank you as I head toward the exit.All I want
He says he understands and apologizes for bothering me. We wrap up the call politely just as the last daylight sinks over the horizon. Blaze is jumping up and down within me as I pocket my phone.Smiling at her excitement, I shift, letting her take off in the growing darkness.Blaze starts looking f
I slump against a tree deep in the woods behind our house as the sun begins to set.Giving up already? Blaze taunts me.I’ve been tirelessly busy between working for Henry and practicing shadow wielding, and it’s starting to wear me down.When you are physically exhausted is when you might need your
How could I ever deserve someone so good?My wolf twitches with pent up energy knowing Mae is so close. And knowing we can’t get any closer. I know I have to give him some sort of release.And the daily release with my hand is apparently not sufficient.Thankfully, Mae chose a house with a forest ri
Aaron’s POVI feel like I’m ready to snap in two.It has never been clearer to my cabinet, the news, and even myself that Mae and I are officially political opponents.Yet this damn, stronger version of our mate bond has me yearning for her every second of the day. Physically, emotionally, intellect
Panting. The rhythm of paws falling along the forest ground. A scent that’s almost woodsy…That is the smell of the forest, Blaze corrects and promptly pushes me out of her mind.I didn’t even know she could do that.Without a link to what she’s sensing, my fear increases. We need to run. We can’t b