Strains...

Emma

All my body ached, that was the first thing I noticed when my eyes opened the next morning. I groaned and tried to flip to my left hand, my eyes shutting down as I reached out my hand to grab my mate and paused when my hand encountered an empty space. My eyes opened once, trying to concentrate and then the memories from yesterday came flooding in down to last night.

Taylor had been restless. It was unlike him. He cried most of the night which warranted me staying until almost this morning before he eventually gave in to sleep and I came back to my room.

And my mate… Was gone.

I huffed and sniffed, shuffling back to my back. I shut my eyes, working hard to stabilize my emotions as it was still too early to become pathetic and wimpy. Scott was mad as he was supposed to be. I betrayed his trust and take full responsibility for that, all I had to do was convince him I was on his side and had always been

Having reassured myself, with my eyes still shut, I slowly sat up from the bed an