35 "It's going to work, I promise," Vi said with the kind of confidence that Em wanted to believe in. But her hands were shaking as she clutched the two vials that Vi had prepared. She still couldn't quite wrap her mind around everything that had happened. She thought she had experienced eventful days before. They had nothing on this. She wanted to run her fingers over the scar on her throat and take comfort in what it meant, but the vials in her hands prevented that. It didn't matter. She still knew the scar was there. Claimed. Mate. Andre was just out of her sight, but she could sense him, smell him, feel him inside her heart. It was going to take some adjusting, but the best kind. Em didn't know how to have a partner, but when it came to Andre, she was happy to figure it out. And

