Leaving Lacey, regardless if it’s only for a few hours, has the ability to uproot and demolish me from the inside. The control I thought I had was breaking like a thin glass. My mind is in utter shambles, my instincts are in disarray and my feet almost always wants to head back to her.
It’s hard. Harder than anything else I’ve encountered in my life thus far. I don’t know how mates can live like this yet at the same time I don’t know how I was living before Lacey.
Lacey.
Ah, Lacey.
What has she done to me?
Whatever it is, I wanted more of it. So much more of it.
Patience. Don’t force it. Slowly.
The run back to the castle is quick. With the wind rippling through my thick black fur, I weaved through trees with a speed that made me look like a blur of shadow.
I slowed as I neared
