Morgan It was meant to be my future Beta, Ryan, leading this morning training with the reserve warriors and advanced Omegas, but I hadn't led this class in a while and it was an inconspicuous way to check on my mate's brother without much attention. That is, if he showed up today. I scanned the group for the familiar mop of dark hair that belonged to Tom's tall figure and spotted him near the back on his own. His face held a tired expression and I doubted whether he had actually slept at all last night. Trying to imagine a world where I didn't wake up to June's dizzying scent of honeysuckle wasn't a possibility anymore. How Tom had managed to keep sane without Elisabeth I would never know and seeing how he had silently struggled these last years without his mate gave me renewed admirati

