SOLANA I kept tossing and turning. Even my body felt warmer than usual. My husband, on the other hand, was not in bed. He had been on edge since earlier in the morning. As curious as I was, I'd held myself back from asking, worried that he would eventually find my questions annoying. He'd slipped out of bed somewhere around midnight. Perhaps, my body just couldn't get itself to relax because of his absence. Still, I tried so hard not to go looking for him. I reached for my phone, and the screen lit up. The time was 01:30AM. I groaned in frustration, lowering the phone. If there was one thing I couldn't bear to lose apart from my food, it was my precious sleep. 'Come on out to the garden. Tonight is perfect for our merging,’ Astraea, my wolf said, and I smiled. "You've been waiting to

