Damien watched as the car drove away from his house. Something deep down told him he'd see her leave one day, and when that time came she wouldn't be coming back. His heart was heavy, the words Casey had said to him still reeling in his head. Him loving her was hurting her, she'd said so herself. Thinking back, he did hurt her, mostly because he loved her and didn't want to admit it. She was never going to forgive him, he didn't deserve it, but he would try beyond everything in him to make it up to her, for as long as he had her, the internal clock inside him screaming that time was running out. He walked to his chair and mind-linked Maia, "Could you have two extra rooms prepared, please."
"Yes Alpha," came the shock-ridden yet soft voice of her mate's friend, something about Maia unsettl
