TRIXIE'S POV
The next morning, I woke up stretching my arms out, completely expecting to groan from my usual second-day period cramps.
But as I sat up on the edge of the bed, I realized something weird.
The pain was almost entirely gone.
"Huh," I muttered out loud to the empty room, looking down at my stomach. "Did Mary’s herbal tea actually work that well?"
Then, my mind drifted back to yesterday. I remembered Hunter’s heavy, warm palm resting flat against my lower stomach, and his deep voice explaining how the mate bond could actually dull my pain.
I hopped out of bed and walked over to the bathroom mirror. The second I caught my reflection, my cheeks instantly turned a bright, burning pink.
Images of yesterday flashed through my head. The way his lips felt on my neck, the soft n
