When I woke up the next morning, I immediately reached over to find Dominic's side of the bed cold and empty. I sat up and looked around the room, but there was no sign of him anywhere.

He must have left early for his pack meetings, I thought, though something felt different about the way he wasn't there. Usually when he left before I woke up, I could still smell his scent on the pillow or see evidence that he'd been getting ready. Today, it felt like he'd been gone for hours.

I got ...