**Nate**
Realizing that I spent nearly most of the evening in agony because something was wrong with Nero floored me. He was the weakest thread that I had (because we have not acted on the mating bond), but it had affected me in such a way as no other. The pain in my chest eventually subsided, and I think I was bothered more about not knowing where he was to help him than what was going on. Once I realized that it was my mate that was in agony, it felt like my wolf was clawing and pushing me to go find him. Like there was an urgency to get to him, to protect him. But our bond was too weak to even try to pin down a direction-let alone a location. I was freaking out on the inside because there was absolutely nothing I could do. At the same time, I was confused because I couldn't figu
