Day felt so violated. She felt scared and so alone. All she wanted to do was walk into Cal’s arms while he told her everything was going to be okay. She needed some comfort, she needed her mate.
‘I need you,’ she sent down the mind link.
‘Are you okay?’ His panicked reply came.
‘I’m fine. I just need to be with you,’ she kept walking as far as she could from Lex.
‘I’m in the middle of court. Can I come find you when we’re done?’ She heard the resignation and guilt in his voice.
‘Sure,’ she sighed, ‘I love you so much. Enjoy court.’
‘I love you too,’ she could feel the love coming down the bond, ‘Darlin’, whatever’s going on, it’ll be okay. Promise.’
He cut the link.
‘I don’t understand what the problem is,’ Daffodil chimed in, ‘our mate marked us, now we are truly together. An
