Rome
I hadn’t slept.
Not really.
My body was exhausted, but my mind wouldn’t shut off. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her—dark hair catching the sun, deep eyes widening as our bond snapped into place, and the flicker of recognition before I did the unthinkable.
Walked away.
Left her.
Aries hadn’t stopped pacing since we got back to the compound. He prowled inside me, furious and restless, his fury simmering just beneath the surface of my skin.
She’s ours. We found her. What are we doing sitting here?
We can’t just run after her, Aries.
Why the hell not? You saw her eyes. She felt it. She’s one of us. She’s waiting. And we turned our back on her.
I know, I growled inwardly. Do you think I don’t feel it? Do you think I haven’t relived it a hundred times already?
But there were
