Sarah POV
Seated around the long table in the dining room, eating lunch with my family and friends I notice an absent chair beside Matt. While everyone else is engaged in conversation I lean over, “Hey Matt, how is Talia?” Matt tenses without answering. I know that their relationship has been rocky since they met. Talia recently made a home in the Black Hills and while she has accepted Matt as her mate, she remains guarded.
“Matt?” I ask again.
Matt takes a deep breath before he responds. “I don’t know. She won’t talk to me. She is obsessed with me turning her into a wolf but most of the time she won’t even let me touch her. I haven’t even seen her naked, let alone get close to completing the mate bond. The only time she lets me hold her is when she awakes from having a nightmare.”
