Kent dreamt about Lily again. She was standing near the ravine that she loved so much, wind and rain whipping her long black hair around her. He yelled her name but she didn’t look at him, just kept staring into the ravine. He tried to reach her, but every step he took seemed to cause him to go backwards for some reason. He started running but it only took him further and further away from her.
He woke in a panic, his heart felt like it was going to beat out of his chest. He shucked the blankets off, trying to catch his breath.
Mate, Pax said softly. It’s mate.
Kent took a deep breath, realizing that Pax was right. The panic he was feeling wasn’t his own. It was Riley’s.
He was out of the room without a second thought, praying she had left her door unlocked like he had asked. He knew
