Chapter 28. Deep Longing

Christopher’s POV

I came out to get some air because I was feeling claustrophobic. I could not stop thinking about her but she seemed to avoiding me and I could not understand why. Had Sylvester said anything to her? Or was it that she did not want to acknowledge our bond? Because I could have sworn she felt that pull at our first meeting.

That smell again, so intoxicating, she could only be the one, the object of my desire and restlessness. I saw her walking around the grounds looking round as though she was one with the elements. My wolf, Zara, reared his and I quickly followed her.

“Hello, beauty.”

She swung round, and said, a breathless singsong voice, “Oh, it’s you.” Then she seemed to remember what I have called her. “My name is Millicent, not Beauty!” she snapped and I found the way she snapped at me rather attractive, almost like a wife snapping lovingly at her husband.

“I know, Millicent,” I said smiling. I had been told that my smile wa