68 Kat strode down the hallway, deep in thought. Maybe Jacob was right. Life was short, and she was exhausted from spending the last few sleepless nights in a guest room with no cats and no Hugh. Though she was strong enough to be alone for the rest of her life, she found she didn’t want to be. Fighting with Hugh was even worse than being abandoned by him, and being connected to the man made it ten times worse, like some kind of emotional Chinese water torture chamber. She still wasn’t sure about the whole planet goddess thing, but her feet moved her forward of their own volition, the Bond pulling her back to its inevitable conclusion. There was no escape from this. For either of them. She stopped at the door to their living quarters and took a deep breath, then stepped inside, surpr

