The headlights of the Hummer sliced through the darkness like a hot knife in butter as they drove north. Initially everyone was silent and in their own thoughts with each pair holding on to each other in some fashion. Dugan and Namid were in the far back and he had his arm wrapped around her. He was feeling anxious about everything but did his best to hide it from his mate. She did not need to worry about him as well. He looked down at her snuggled into his arm and smiled at her and she smiled back. Together they were one soul and it felt so good to her.
Over the past few months, they had grown together, talked, confided in each other, cried for each other when they told about losing their first mates. She let her fingers dance on the back of his hand that laid on her thigh and she thoug
