CALLIE Seeing Xander disappear behind us was more difficult than last time. My wolf felt more attached to our mate than before. Must be the hormones, I said to myself as I let out a deep sigh and placed my forehead on the window as I looked at the scenery in front of us. Jessica and Mike were quiet, and I could feel a certain tension in the air as time passed. I wasn’t really in the mood for talking, and neither were they. I just wanted to get wherever we were going and make myself useful somehow. “Are you okay, Callie?” Jessica asked after a couple of minutes. I blinked several times to clear the fog from my mind and nodded my head while trying to give her a reassuring smile. “I’m fine. I just didn’t expect to leave the mansion so soon after coming back,” I said honestly. Jessica nod