Cassius POV
I sensed him before I saw him. My skin started tingling, my hands shaking. It took me a few moments to compose myself and try to calm down, at least outwardly on the surface. I never knew or realized that finding my mate would be this intense. The mate bond went into overdrive, all my rational thoughts gone. I knew I had to see him, touch him if I could. The need to hold him in my arms was waking up within me, threatening to consume me like a burning fire. As if I was guided by an invisible force, the bond was pulling me towards the entry gates. Centuries – it has been centuries. I have waited for our mate for as long as I could remember, from my very first shift. The fact that he was here now was almost too good to be true. I dared not to believe it almost. It felt unreal, a
