Bryan
The warm scent of caramel and vanilla wrapped around me, and I wanted to sink to my knees. Catching her scent made my mouth water. If I could bask in her essence all day, I would. I thought I wouldn't ever get to smell it again, and now that I have, I didn't want to let it go.
She didn't say anything to me, just watched me walk further into the room. My nerves about talking to her again made it hard for me to want to sit down. This was going to be a difficult conversation, but one that needed to happen.
"I understand why you wouldn't want to be around me because of what happened. That shouldn't have gone down the way it did. Isobel was never going to be my bonded mate, in case you wondered."
Another growl escaped her, and this time she bared her teeth at me. I couldn't blame her
