Jaz After sending the email, I powered off my phone. I had my laptop for any essential communications from my council contacts and my office. I didn’t want to deal with the possibility of phone calls from Sloan. I knew I would give in and return if I spoke to him; the bond had that kind of power over me. After we arrived in Falon’s territory, I found a hotel suite with separate rooms for Jamie and I. He had a long road ahead of him before he would be healed enough from the damage Henry had done to feel comfortable being marked. I didn’t want to push him too far, too fast, with the worry about his young siblings weighing on him. I threw myself into my work and pampering my new mate. There really wasn’t much that I needed to tend to on the work front, but I had de

