“Toby?” I swallowed the saliva that had pooled in my throat as I heard the footsteps of what should definitely be my mate.
Like a switch that had been suddenly turned on, my smile was instant, and I beamed up as I walked towards the source of the scent. But it was all wrong, and now that it was getting closer, the slow gait in which the person walked was nowhere near my mate.
“Maddie?”
“Ariel.” I sighed, dejected.
“Someone doesn’t look so happy to see me.” She murmurs in a pout, jutting her lower lips forward, and I shake my head, not bothering to wipe the frown on my face.
“Of course, I am happy to see you; I was thinking it was someone else.”
“Aaahh.” Her eye lit up in recognition, and she smiled. “I bumped into him briefly, and we talked; that should explain why you can perceive h
