Aria’s POV
Here we were - the final leg of our journey. Hopefully tomorrow this would all be over and I’d be leaving this place behind with my best friend, my mate and my wolf in tow - a happy ending for my perfect new beginning.
I couldn’t really enjoy it, though. Sitting at the edge of the pond with my bare toes fluttering in the glistening water, I watched the sky melt into darkness from the pink of twilight and imagined the possibility of my happily ever after, but I couldn’t help but think that it all felt a little too lonely.
From the corner of my eye I could see Seth sulking against a tree at the far edge of our camp... not exactly Prince Charming. He’d retreated to the shadows soon after we’d set up camp, which didn’t take long because we hadn’t brought anything but the cloth
