Evan hadn’t slept well.
After walking away from Kari in the hallway, he was pretty sure he was going to go crazy. Everything about her seemed designed to drive him mad, from the way she smelled to the sound of her voice, to the way she gasped at his touch. All he could think about was knocking down her door and finishing what he started.
It had taken a long, cold shower just to calm down enough to lie in bed. Even then, he tossed and turned all night.
The nightmares had returned, just as they always did when he visited Green River. He woke in a panic sometime after midnight and could have sworn he smelled Kari’s lilac scent in the room. He spent the rest of the night trapped between the lingering fear from his dreams and the raw, aching desire for his mate. Sleep didn’t come easily. Tha
