CHAPTER 12 Sitting on the exam table, legs hanging over the edge, feet dangling, hands clasped between his knees, Sut sighed as he looked around the drab, beige room. His mind filled with thoughts of his mate, as it always seemed to do most days, but these days the thoughts that took over his brain were different. Before his decision to distance himself from Casimir and try to go on with his life without his mate, Sut’s thoughts were always about why Casimir was so distant? Why he never wanted anyone to know they were mates? Why Casimir kept him a dirty little secret? Why he allowed it in the first place? And how could he change their situation? But, now his thoughts of Casimir had shifted into what he would do next to prove to Sut that he was serious about them, about their mating, and