Cassie’s POV
I could hear the shuffling of feet around us, the grass shifting slightly underneath the weight. I could feel the warmth from my mom’s shaking arms as her crying turned into light sobbing.
My eyes were closed, pressed shut as hard as I could, scared that if I opened them, everything in front of me would disappear like when waking up from a really good dream.
I hadn’t noticed I was crying myself until a light touch wiped the tears away from the side. I didn’t have to open my eyes to find out who was crouching beside me. The touch from my mate was not to confuse with any other.
“Hayden?” she sniffled, and I opened my eyes just as she lifted her head to look at him. “You?”
“Technically she found me,” he chuckled. “I only brought her here.”
She focused her eyes on me whil
