♛Harley♛
Three days. That’s how long it took for Archer to come back to me. I counted every one of them. I tried not to. I tried to fill the hours with books and puzzles and long showers that steamed up the windows, but nothing worked. The mate bond tugged at me every night, stronger since the shift. Even Nyra was restless. But when he finally did come, I almost tripped over my feet to get to him. My heart squeezed tight as I hugged him. Archer wrapped his arms around me, and I breathed in his scent. Now that I could feel the bond between us, it felt even more real.
“Hey,” he said when we pulled apart.
“Hi,” I breathed. We stared at each other, and I could feel not only the bond between us, but his hunger. Archer needed to be fed. But I needed to talk to him first.
“So…ah, can we tal
