She cups my face, her thumbs gently stroking my cheeks, lingering on the dimples she adores.

She presses a brief kiss to my lips—too brief—and then rises to pace, dialing her alpha as she moves.

*****

Alexander's POV

The shrill buzzing of my phone jolts me awake in the dead of night. Seeing Sydney’s name light up the screen, my first instinct is to reject the call and slip back into the warm cocoon of my mate’s soft body, so ...