Occasionally Nalla's father had to go run stray packs off their land. Usually it was nothing more than a miscommunication and it went smoothly but Nalla automatically knew something was wrong when she got called to meet at the pack doctor's office. Garrot, her father, looked ashen and stopped her before she could enter the office.

"Nalla, I need you to be able to control yourself when I let you in, okay? The pack we chased off left an omega behind. She's suffering from severe lack of physical touch and we believe pack sickness." Garrot hesitated then continued. "We also found...your soulmate mark on her arm."

Nalla froze, multiple instincts hitting her all at once. Her mate was behind that door, suffering from signs of pack neglect. "Let me see. I need to see her."

Her father hesitated only for a moment before guiding her into the room. You were curled up on the bed, tension when she entered the room. Nalla's breath caught when you finally looked up at her.