Raven's POV
Jaxon was not by my side when I woke that night.
After stretching my hands above my head, I turned to snuggle closer to my mate, but I met a cold and empty side where he was supposed to be sleeping.
"Jax?" I called out sleepily. I glanced around and realised that it was still dark outside, possibly midnight. Jaxon had been absent during dinner, and I'd had to endure a meal with his mother giving me covert glances and quickly looking away when I caught her.
I had assumed that he was just tied up with some council meeting, or speaking with Liam. But afterwards, when we were supposed to retire to bed together, he had been nowhere to be found.
Naturally, I wouldn't worry. But...
I threw my bedcovers aside and sprang up from bed. Putting a sheet over my shoulders to drive a
