Samantha I just want to go home. I want to be in my little cabin with my son. It pained me to quit working at Deb’s. She cried so much, and I just wanted to say f**k it and not come. Everyone around me is so happy that I found my second chance mate. They keep saying how I shouldn’t give it up. Even my son wants this man. I want nothing to do with him, but the goddess is manipulating me toward him. “Samantha,” Holden’s voice pulls me from my thoughts. I look past his face. “I have to take care of something.” I shrug and say nothing. “I’ll be back later,” He reaches out to touch me, but I back away. He sighs heavily and pulls his hand back. ‘Why does he keep touching me?’ I grumble to myself. ‘He wants to feel the bond,’ Aria whimpers. ‘He needs to stop. There is no bond,’ I mutter