I was back to the position I had been in after I had lost Gabrielle. Only this time I had not lost anybody. Gabrielle, of course, was still gone, and there was no hope of bringing my fated back to me. I think, in some way, the time with Mari, and seeing her cope so courageously with the loss of her own mate had allowed those scars to begin to heal. My battle of allowing my fated mate to rest in peace had finally been won. But, I was alone nonetheless. Alone, and unsure of where I now stood...I felt empty inside. A hollowness to my being that felt unnatural. A man with no purpose. I was an Alpha of a pack, yet I was struggling to find the strength I needed to function, let alone lead a pack. Draven felt like he was slipping away once more. His lingering presence that had begun to dominate my mind once again in the time Mari had been around, was fading, and fast since her departure. The one person I wanted to see… no, needed to see had chosen to leave. I had given her the choice to sta
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