CHAPTER 10
Dakleth
I felt a despair unlike any I had ever known.
The feeling of despondency had grown steadily worse since my arrival, and I recognized it was not just my own.
All my life, I had been a male of action.
I rarely thought to explore my feelings.
I accepted new situations, adjusted accordingly, and moved on.
Even here at the prison camp, I remained active.
I did not fight the orders of the guards.
This was my reality. If they ordered me to move a rock from one side of a field to the other, and then back again, serving no purpose, I complied.
This was the punishment I deserved. I would endure.
But the emotions swirling through the pit of my being belonged to my mate.
I could feel her through the bond. I had not been sure if it would form, given the circumstances of our mating, but it had.
I felt her loneliness and hurt. I longed to be with her, but there was nothing I could do.
I would not see her for eight years. I had to trust that my father would care for her during my absence.
In the meantime, I rubbed my hearts and tried to send her reassurance through the bond.
Unfortunately, it did not seem to have any effect.