BARREL
Barrel spent the next few days talking to Nydia and Cannon while picking up the supplies required for his return to Okar. He stayed at the lodging since he had no home to go to, conceiving a plan of action to help the rebels take down the cartel and trafficking ring.
The entire time, he was narrowly focused, avoiding the haze of thoughts surrounding his yearning for Eva. He was a shifter, after all, and there was virtually no way of controlling who his fated mate was. He knew without a shadow of a doubt that she was his, but none of that mattered if she wasn’t willing to commit to him.
Barrel figured he had his answer, both from her mother and the fact that she had returned home to her normal life. A life without him, a life that was predictable. It would live in his mind as a fl
