~ JAYAH ~
As evening fell, Jayah was already back at the cave where she'd met Skhal before. They'd arranged through the mindlink to meet there that night—though Skhal hadn't known how long it would take him to have the freedom to leave again.
'Don't let any of them see you. I don't know what Zev's going to do. I'm hoping that being back with the people will help him relax and I can bring you back with me,' he'd told her when he'd held her, so tightly, before they'd said goodbye.
Jayah had been through war. She'd been through crisis. She'd lived through countless deaths and births and all the ups and downs of life.
She knew that sometimes life was hard, and there was just no way to avoid that. She'd been willing to wait until she was trusted to meet Skhal's people. When they were still together and Zev had made it clear that she wasn't to come to the encampment with them, she'd even understood, though her heart had ached at the idea of leaving her mate.
