ALISTAIR I watched her from the window in my room and it really did look like she was talking to her bird. And not in an “oh, you are such a cute pet” way. She looked like she really was discussing something. That odd woman was driving me crazy. And I couldn’t figure her out. That, in turn, was only driving me mad more. One thing was for sure – she had my mate’s scent sometimes. But only sometimes… Why was that – I had no idea. However, she had it during the night, and in the morning, it was gone again. Well, almost gone. I could feel just a faint trace of it on her when she was close. Was she my second chance mate? Those were rear, but that was a possibility. Not much was known about how it happens but what if that was it? And maybe the scent wasn’t there all the time because at the

