Chapter 7 THE PATH THAT WAS LAID FOR ME

— Elaeya —

I was walking back towards camp with a complete stranger in tow. I didn’t know who he was, nor what he wanted, all that I knew is that I consented to this. Again. Twice in so few hours, I did something I would not have expected of myself.

I took slow deep breaths opening slowly my senses and instincts—but not open enough to face the kind of uncontrollable urges I have felt when first we met.

Nothing from my instincts told me that I was in danger,...