**Gaia**

Three days pass.

Three days of watching Silver Wing Pack settle into Volcano Valley. Three days of seeing Lysander from a distance but never speaking to him.

Three days of the mate bond aching in my chest, a constant reminder of what I can never have.

I keep to my routine. Arrange flowers in the morning. Train with the human-form fighters in the afternoon. Attend classes at night.

Life goes on, even when your ...