Avery POV
From a distance, by the waterfall near the mountain, I saw a woman. No, a female.
She stood beneath the flowing waters, letting it slide down her sun-kissed skin. She was someone I knew. I dreamed of her every night.
As I moved closer, she felt my presence and opened her eyes. I looked about for her guard or mine, but there was no one around. The forest was as silent as it should be at twilight. We were alone.
She started to leave the water to come to me.
"Rowan."
The whisper was a sensual caress to my soul. I had always hated that name. Until the day I first heard her utter it.
As she emerged from the sacred river of her pack, my eyes wandered further down her features. Her thin, ankle-length butter-colored dress was thoroughly soaked. It hugged her perky breasts and pe
