Clutching her book to her chest whilst walking down the hallway, Lara was oblivious of her surrounding as she retreated into her headspace. She had become the shadow of herself. Keeping to herself mostly and avoiding contact with her friends. Having her mate out there but not being able to do anything about it was making her and her wolf miserable and depressed as they crave that closeness and contact between mates.
It didn't matter if it was Theo, someone she hadn't given two thoughts about before, but now he was her mate and he was everything she could think about at the moment. She inwardly cursed Ralph for making her have to go through this alone. It was the hardest thing she had ever gone through in her life and it didn't seem like it was ending soon.
She was startled with fear wh
