I pushed past the crowd building along the hallway outside the conference room, to make my way into the room as fast as I could. My mate had, for the first time since we had met, placed a block upon our mindlink, and it left a gut-wrenching emptiness within me that left me desperate to get to her. But, just as I made my way to search for her, I had been all but ensnared by the Luna of this damn pack, and dragged to the over-the-top breakfast she had planned. Or what was left of it. Forced to endure sitting next to the sister once again. But, with the added torture of the mother, on my other side. I was slowly losing my patience… I had been glad to get away, and had rushed to get to the conference room. My eyes drifted swiftly around the room hoping desperately that Evelyn might be there,

