Nael I mind-link Jordan while trekking through the forest close to the venue, already pulling at the buttons on my green dress shirt. She doesn‘t feel the mate bond. ‚I remembered my lines... That in itself is a miracle.‘ No! The miracle is that I finally found my mate. And now I‘m suddenly even further from her than I was when I didn‘t know it was her. I groan and speed up even more. My heart feels like it‘s going to pound out of my chest. The tingle of my skin that stopped the whole time Maeve was close reaches even my scalp now. I need to shift. ‚Where are you?‘, Jordan sounds in my head. ‚Forest. Need to find a safe place to shift.‘ ‚Ok.‘ I shut the mind-link off before he could say more. Continuing a little, I reach a river that seems to be running through the territory. Wit

