Izzy’s POV I’m done with my breakfast. In fact, I’ve been done for a while now despite eating slowly. Jan, however, has a penchant for drawing out the morning meal for as long as possible lately. I can understand why Jan might dilly dally if she is reluctant to do something or go somewhere she doesn’t wish to go afterwards, but after breakfast I was hoping to go for a long walk on the beach. I’m hoping a walk might clear my head. Perhaps I might come up with ideas on how to save my mate bond. Or decide whether it was even worth the bother of saving or not. It would be quite a pity if things didn’t work out for Dougy and I. But I’d much rather be alone and my pups fatherless than to be with a mate who treats me with no greater respect than that of a breeder, there just to satisfy

