Soft orange sunlight flooded around tree branches, bounced off of the small lake near the rushing waterfall, and reflected right onto my closed eyes. I grumbled to myself and turned onto my side, curling into Roman’s muscular chest to hide from the sun.
With his strong arms around me and his fingers gently caressing my back, he pulled me closer and breathed against my neck. I tugged myself even closer to his naked chest and inhaled his pine scent. So good. He smelled so damn good.
So good. He smelled so damn good.Like I did every morning, I reached to grasp his mate’s necklace, but it wasn’t there.
His neck was bare. Completely bare. Without a mate’s necklace and without a mark.
I snapped my eyes open and stared at Kylo, who shifted in the sand to lie on his stomach and let his toes di
