Avery and I make our way up the stairs and into the guest room. From her appearance it seemed mom had already given her a bath and dressed her for bed. Picking her up I placed her on the bed, then turned on the TV and put on one of those Disney princess cartoons for her to watch while I head to the bathroom to shower.

In the shower my mind drifted to my mate, she was so close yet so far away. The pull of our mate's bond was slowly driving me insane. I wanted to go to her so badly, it took every ounce of strength I had...