Nathan POV
I didn’t sleep much the night I danced with Claire. How could I?
Every time I closed my eyes I saw her, felt her in my arms. I could still smell her perfume on my clothes.
My wolf was all but howling inside me to be with its mate.
The surge of emotion just holding her brought me was too intense to deny.
I’d worked hard the last few months to deny a lot of things. How much Claire’s leaving had hurt, how much I’d missed her.
How much I loved her.
Enough.
In the middle of the night I realized I needed to find a way to make things right between us, or at least to try. I couldn’t make Claire return my feelings, but I could at least let her know mine.
And how sorry I was that I hadn’t said anything sooner.
So in the morning I sent her a message:
Claire, last night meant a
