Maeve's POV
I found out about winter break on a Wednesday when my mother texted me the return dates.
Car will be there December 15th. We have things planned through January 8th. Pack for the cold.
I read it twice and then I put my phone face down on the desk and sat very still for a moment.
December 15th was three weeks away. January 8th was after New Year. That was nearly a month, which I had known was coming because it came every year. Going home for winter break was not a question in my family, it was a schedule item, non-negotiable.
I had gone home every break of my life without thinking about it twice.
I was thinking twice about it now.
The bond was doing what it did in the evenings, that low settled warmth that meant he was nearby and not in distress and going about his
