Chapter 139

ELIZA’S POV The scratching of my pen against the paper was the only sound in the room. Stay focused, I told myself. I’d already gone through three reports on border patrol rotations, approved two construction plans, and even reviewed old records of treaties that hadn’t seen daylight in over a year. I didn’t care. Anything was better than thinking about him. Alexander. My hand trembled slightly as I signed the last page of a new patrol schedule. I quickly dropped the pen and massaged my temple. There was an ache in my chest that I couldn’t explain away, a tension that wouldn’t loosen, no matter how hard I buried myself in work. The air was thick today. Not with the humidity, but with something else. Something heavier. My wolf hadn’t stopped pacing since sunrise. I could feel her presence clawing at the edges of my mind. Her presence was restless. She missed our mate badly. I missed him too, even though I wouldn’t admit it. She whined lowly at me. Don’t you dare, I growled at her. She wh