Maria

Sunlight streaming across my face stirred me reluctantly from deep sleep. For a blissful moment, memories of last night still felt more like a dream.

I found my mate, and It was Alex.

Then I became aware of warm skin pressed against mine, and Alex's arm draped heavily over my waist. My eyes shot open.

It hadn't been an ecstatic fantasy - we really had... I felt my cheeks flush hotly.

But strangely, only comfort and contentment filled me on waking in Alex's possessive embrace. Everything between us just felt right in a way I'd never experienced with anyone else before. Like coming home after years adrift.

As sleep...