Mathilde continues to guide us as we walk on in a new world. It’s further to walk this time, but as the day progresses and daylight gives in to the night, something inside me ignites in excitement. Everything in me tells me we are getting close to the next portal. Our next guide will meet us on this side of the portal. It’s another mate, and the scent drives me mad with want.
“Do you sense that?” Mathilde looks at me, confused. “This person smells like the first spring leaves and glacier water.”
Mathilde chuckles at my eagerness. It’s the first genuine laughter from her since we left the last world behind. It warms my heart, and I cannot decide if I want to run to our new mate or stay to listen to more chuckles from the woman beside me. As a middle ground, I drag Mathilde by her hand so
