I walked away from the hospital having dropped Aria off with a heaviness in my heart. Feeling completely broken. Not to mention gutless. We had been so much closer in that period than we had been in such a long time, and I had ruined it. Or my overthinking had. I had wanted to go further than I think Aria would have been comfortable with. And as we had kissed, there was a persistent whimpering in my mind telling me that my wolf had returned. He was home. Back because my mate was. Or so he believed…
‘Hey son, I assume from the mess in the lounge that all went well with Aria?’ my Dad mindlinked, and my heart dropped. My parents would want a minute by minute account of our time together, and I didn’t think I was ready for that right now. They were clinging to the hope more than I was that e
