Lucas POV
We entered Dad's office and had just sat down when we felt Heather's emotional dam break. If I hadn't already been seated I would have dropped to the ground as the wave of sorrow hit me. Laydon was going nuts. All he wants to do is go to her. It takes most of my strength to keep him under control. He was trying his dam*est to push to the front and run to her. I can hear Dad calling Laydon and Rory. He is trying to help us get the control we need. Whatever Dad is saying must be getting through to them. I can feel Laydon backing down. The last thing he says as he sulks off to the back of my mind is, 'Go to mate when Mom says ok.' I want to remind him that we don't know for sure if Heather is our mate yet, but I think that will just set him off again.
I lean back against the cou
