"So, you are going back ?" Olivia repeated.
"I am not going home. I am just going to Skagway. I need to sign some papers for the mines I am buying. I will be back in a few days."
"Right." Olivia sipped her drink. So she had a window of those days when Asher would be away. She would escape then.
For Six years, she had felt like a piece of herself was missing. She had tried to ignore it, tried to deny it, but deep down, she knew the truth. She missed him. He was right—they were mates. A mate she didn’t want, with whom she had a child.
Olivia’s emotions were a storm she could no longer contain. The thought of possibly never seeing Asher again stirred a deep sorrow. It was a moment she felt compelled to remember, to hold on to, even as it threatened to overwhelm her.
She finished her drin
