Francine yearned to continue as if nothing had transpired, but it had. An event that had altered her life had occurred. Jacob Saber, the alpha of the Sacred pack, had entered her life. Her mate had made his presence known. His departure, leaving her feeling utterly repugnant, had transpired. A pain, unlike anything she had ever experienced, had occurred, and it festered deep within her like an unrelenting, never-ending infection, consuming her from the inside out. It began with her heart, but gradually it had spread until the pain was in every nerve of her body.
She found herself unable to eat or sleep. She couldn't muster the strength to go to work either. She wasn't sure she could face anything anymore. The one thing she'd always fought so hard against had been the thing that had comple
