I knew the moment I had made my excuses and cut the mindlink to Raven that I had likely hurt her feelings. But, the message from Brayden had messed with my mind, and at that moment I had panicked. But, as I lay looking at the ceiling after I had showered, I could not get the girl from my mind. I tried to mindlink her once again, but the mindlink lay blocked, telling me she was hurt, or annoyed with me, or an understandable combination of the two. So, I tried to call, and message, numerous times. Even once I had got up for work and did my morning training session, I continued to reach her, but still, there was nothing. I knew I needed to fix things...
As Raven opened the door to me, she had lost her usual spark. Her dark hair was pulled up into a messy bun, and her face looked drawn and t
