Dax’s POV
The ball was just getting started when I just didn’t feel right. I wasn’t sure what it was. I had girls asking me to dance, but I kept politely telling them no. I didn’t want to touch anyone but my mate. My poor beautiful mate. I felt so much guilt for leaving her. It was eating me alive.
I walked around looking for Axel and when I found him, he looked as miserable as I felt.
“Do you feel like I do?” I asked Axel.
“Guilty as s**t and like something is wrong.”
“Yes. I think we need to leave.”
“I agree.”
We found the King and Queen, told them how we felt, and congratulated them on another successful year. They said they would be in touch soon.
We practically ran to our rooms and threw everything in our bags and left.
Axel was driving again, since he was such a control frea
