With Gabriella awake and responding well to the dialysis treatment, Blaez too felt stronger and stronger each day. Perhaps it was the mate-bond. Even though their marking was only partially complete, he still felt her through it, feeling her body’s weakness, the fatigue, and now the recovery. Her personal hell would always be a tattoo on his heart which he hoped he could one day soothe. A roadblock being, of course, his lack of her mark on his neck. It was something he hoped to help her with, to shift into the wolf, after she recovered.
For the next week, Blaez found himself getting back to work with his Alpha duties while she was in treatment and would visit her throughout the day during mealtimes. Those were his favorite times of day now. Although she hadn’t opened up about wh
