Long mated, Darik and Nicolle have had trouble starting a family and the stress of the situation has begun to fray their mate bond. Finally Darik asks the goddess for help. She sends him through space and time to the planet of the Badari ancestors, where he must fulfill a quest in seven days, which she promises will help him and all his Badari brothers and their mates. Darik faces great danger without the support of his pack and undergoes a life-changing event before he faces the final dangerous barrier to success. With everything at stake now, including his life,...

Long mated, Darik and Nicolle have had trouble starting a family and the stress of the situation has begun to fray their mate bond. Finally Darik asks the goddess for help. She sends him through space and time to the planet of the Badari ancestors, where he must fulfill a quest in seven days, which she promises will help him and all his Badari brothers and their mates. Darik faces great danger without the support of his pack and undergoes a life-changing event before he faces the final dangerous barrier to success. With everything at stake now, including his life, can he accomplish the task the goddess set for him and return to his own time and place? Or will Nicolle be left alone on the Badari Warriors’ world, with no idea what happened to her mate?

This is a 28,000 word novella.

Author’s Note: Content Warning: There are references to a previous, early pregnancy miscarriage.