*Sasha*

“Sasha, is that really you?” Lucas threw the covers off and ran to me, pulling me into his arms.

My body, and the mate bond, flared to life. I gasped and hugged him back.

“I’m here. I told you I’d make it back.” I tightened my arms around him.

Lucas’s breaths were heavy. His whole body trembled.

No thoughts or words came to me as we clung to each other. I felt like I hadn’t been in his arms in years, and I was finally ...