Page 77 of Dragon's Rejected Mate

Of course, that didn’t make the aching need for him lessen.

Jamie was surprised one afternoon, soon after she arrived in the shifter world, when there was a knock on her door. A couple and their little boy stood in the doorway.

Jamie recognized the man immediately.

“Noah?” she asked.

“It is, how are you, Jamie?”

“Great.”

“This is my wife, April, and our son, Sebastian,” Noah said.

“I’ve heard about you, of course,” Jamie said, greeting April. “Please, come in.”

Sebastian quickly found a spot on the floor, pulled out some toys from the bag that his mother carried and started to play.

April laughed and said, “He is very independent and is always able to entertain himself, no matter where we go.”

A couple of weeks passed. April and Jamie became very good friends. Jamie told April about Luke, and all of the drama that had surrounded their relationship.

“You poor thing,” April said. “You’ve had it pretty rough lately.”

“I know, right?” Jamie laughed. “At least I don’t have to worry about Alexis, Ryan, or Carl anymore. Everything has been peaceful with no drama.”

“That does make things nice,” April said.

April looked at Jamie and bit her lip. Jamie had the feeling that April had something to say but wasn’t quite sure how to say it.

“What’s up?” Jamie said. “Just spit it out.”

“Luke is in the shifter world, too. Noah has talked to him a few times. Apparently, he came right after you did.”

“Why?” Jamie asked.

“Luke said that there were some trail cams in an area where he shifted and blasted a couple of hunters. He told Noah that he would have rather stayed in Ivy Springs and just fought the hunters, but he knew that it would be better for everyone if he left the city.”

“I see,” Jamie said.

A myriad of emotions flooded her. She felt guilty that Luke had to leave his home because of her. The fact that Luke had been in the shifter world and not tried to find her proved to her that he wasn’t interested in pursuing a relationship with her.

Her feelings must have been mirrored on her face because April said, “You should reach out to him.”

“No,” Jamie said. “He knows I’m here. He knows where I stand. I’m not going to make a bad situation worse by hunting him down.”

“You should at least give him a chance,” April said.

“Everything is better this way,” Jamie said.

April shook her head and said, “Stubborn wench.”

“Thank you,” Jamie replied, laughing.

A day later, Jamie got a note from Clara that Dillon had brought with him. She had written that the baby was healthy, but the doctor hadn’t been able to tell her whether it was a boy or a girl. Clara also said that Zeke missed her a lot, and that Ryan had gone back to Denver.

Jamie dashed a quick note off, updating Clara on her life in the shifter world that Dillon took back with him.

It comforted her to have some contact with Clara.

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