Chapter 20
Jade
After Maddox put his mark all over my body last night, I woke up in his empty bed. He wasn’t in the corner of the room watching me this time or in his connected bathroom or even out behind the packhouse.
I pulled the blankets further up my body, and frowned. I expected him to be here when I woke up because I so desperately wanted to roll over and watch as the red moonlight glimmered across his sculpted face. For Goddess’s sake, we just mated.
My heart ached.
Why did I feel so lonely? Was it because I wore his mark, but he didn’t wear mine? How had I gotten so caught up in feeling good last night that the thought of claiming him didn’t even cross my mind?
Fingers on my neck, I moved them across the scars that covered my body and frowned. Why couldn’t my mate be here to
