gone

It took him a while until he was able to focus enough to realize that the faint sense of another person he’d had since the Xeus’s escape was now gone.

Jules froze, his eyes going wide, before he scrambled off his bed and ran out of the room.

He couldn’t even remember how he ended up in front of their butler’s door. He pounded on it before he could think twice.

Harrison looked sleepy and confused when he finally opened it. “Master Jules? What is the matter?”

“Order me to do something,” Jules blurted out. “Use your Voice on me.”

The butler froze. “Pardon?”

“Use your alpha voice on me,” Jules repeated. “Now. That’s an order.”

Harrison blinked in obvious bewilderment before saying, “Jump.”

Jules didn’t jump—Harrison was neither his relative nor his bondmate. But he did feel the compulsion. He felt it.

His knees suddenly weak, Jules turned and wandered away, ignoring the butler’s questions.

The mating bond was gone.

It was gone.

Gone.

Mating bonds could fade if neglected for a long time, b