Fenris's POV
Seeing Vaela, my mate, in Howlings Hills was a dream come true for me. It was like she was reliving a childhood nightmare or seeing a friend after years of disappearing into thin air.
Everything swirled, my heartbeat raced, the floor disappeared under my feet, and I got dizzy. Her presence should have been imposed, but no matter the state, she was not fit to be seen in public.
It has been so many years since the horrible day that she disappeared from my life and took a chunk of my heart with her. Yet there she was, standing just a few feet from me. Her face was the same, yet so different. There was something that I couldn't quite make out.
Was there any sort of apprehension or distrust?
Her eyes continued to parade through the small village of Howling Hills, a
