Alpha Gorgio's POV still

Damn it!

Who saddled me with this slow aircraft? We've been flying for ten minutes now and Arkansas isn't that far away. As if sensing my impatience, the pilot tosses me a pair of binoculars, which I gratefully use to scan all the forests we fly over.

Never before had my heart beaten so fast with anticipation. My chest hurts from all the vibrations. My mate, in a few moments I will hold her in my arms again. Goddess, it has been a long, long week, I almost went mad from missing her. I knew she would come back to me, but I didn't want to...