Chapter 49 The Midpoint

• Ascelin
• It had been three months since he had seen Aessent, and it was killing him… the daily phone calls and Facetime only made the pit in his heart worse, and it was starting to show. Vega was taking over for him more often because he was simply too tired and lovesick to continue working. Most days he’d rather sleep away from his worries, but that wasn’t a luxury he could afford at the moment since he was going to sign a treaty with the witches, and hopefully the vampires in the near future. It most certainly didn’t help that his thirty-fifth birthday was coming up and he was still technically an unmated alpha, which was an issue in the eyes of the council.
• He wanted to cuddle with Aessent, and whisper sweet nothings into her ear, but he was too swamped with work to leave and see her for the day…