(Seth)

I feel it. I know it.

The despair. The aching, choking, black despair that hits me like a shockwave. Even in the fuzz of instincts that is my wolf mind I can feel the huge, swirling gap that appears in my soul in a matter of seconds.

It is the gap left when the object of your imprinting disappears from this world.

I throw back my head and let loose a howl that shakes the trees around me. It fades from my throat as I sink to the floor and curl up as tight as I can. I open my eyes but see without registering anything.

Jacob, my leader, my best friend, lies beside me, his warm fur brushing against me. I barely notice him.

She's gone. It's all there is. There is nothing left but the yawning chasm left by her presence in my life, in my world.

I listen carefully, desperately, but the heart beat I could once hear beside my own is gone.

Gone forever.