AUSTIN Staring at the ceiling was now becoming my pastime, as sleep didn’t come to me. Lou and I went for an early run this morning at five am. I needed to clear my head and come up with something, even though it was hard to work out what. Everything from yesterday was still sore in my head, and Sage, as always, was always amongst the whole thing. I knew leaving her to calm down was the right thing, but part of me wanted to see and be with her. The mate bond was strong towards her, making me wonder if she felt the same. I was acting like a girl when it came to her. Lou stayed quiet for most of the run as he pounded around the forest, but as we came closer to the meadow, he stilled. There was nothing there but the smell of wildflowers my mum had planted years ago. I even helped plant