-Joseph-
I underestimated just how much I would need to be with my mate. I have returned every seven days to reconnect and renew our bond, but I feel so damn alone. Frank has traveled with me, but it is not the same, and I’m beginning to understand just what happened to Alice.
I’ve been out here for eight months with only my hired guard to talk to. Alice only had guards deliver things to her. She didn’t even have them there full-time, and she certainly didn’t get a weekly visit with her mate. How could Franklin do that to her? The first thing I plan to do when I return to the palace is to visit my sister.
Now, of course, this would all be easier if I didn’t return to my mate every week, but I can’t do that to her. I need her as sharp as ever to continue to cover for me, but I wis
