BRAYAN's POV

My head would not stop throbbing and I was having a hard time focusing. The bed was empty and Paisley's scent was not strong here.

My heart clenched when I considered the possibility that she could be gone. She wouldn't do that. The last four days had been perfect for us.

But you kept reminding her that you cannot be together. My wolf whispered in my ear.

I grunted. It was the honest truth. So many times I had come close to marking her in the past few days but I fought the urge each time.

It was against custom to mark her outside the mating ritual and...