Maya lay in bed and wondered for the hundredth time if she had made the right decision by starting over. She was worried but trying to stay hopeful. "Goddess, I don't know if I made the right decision. Sometimes I really miss what I had with Josh. I wanted another chance with my fated mate, and Dustin isn't that bad, but it doesn't feel the same." She knew she needed patience, but that was not part of her character. After hours of lying there stressing, she finally drifted off to sleep. As her body relaxed, she found herself back in the white expanse where she had first met the Goddess. She walked for a while, and slowly a river appeared on the horizon.
She kept her eyes trained on the flowing water that was dotted with blue-leafed trees. It took her longer than she expected to reach th
