Bella
She’d calmed herself down after the complete shock of feeling the mate bond sparks on her skin had worn off, told herself that her emotions were still all over the place and the sensation of feeling them with Parker once more had just overwhelmed her.
That not having felt real emotions for 36 years, she was still trying to deal with them, and that she’d just completely freaked out over the thought of it, was all. Because she wasn't at all expecting to feel Mate Bond sparks with Parker once more, she'd not scented him out in that moment, when he'd come into the room, and why would she? It wasn't a full moon, so it had caught her completely off guard when she'd felt it; that was all.
She’d had to remember she was more level-headed than that. She'd also realised that Parker himself
