I lifted my head and craned my neck to look at him. He was sat on the wrong side of me and he seemed to realise and stood up, sitting back down on my right side. I sighed and leaned my head on my knees now I could see him properly. "You weren't any part of that and they didn't destroy everything. I found Amaris in the end." He smiled. I raised my brow at him and he chuckled. "She was hiding from me in plain sight. She had a special necklace that masked her scent. When she came back for her fathers funeral, she knew I was her mate but she thought I was tricking her so she hid from me." He rolled his eyes and laughed as he seemed to relive the memory. "Alex doesn't want me there," I whispered. "That's not entirely true," Alex stated as he appeared from behind a tree. "I'm sorry for how I've

