Zeev POV
The screeching hit me as soon as I entered the house. Harlee was aggressive and opinionated, sure, but I almost never heard her reach this type of meltdown. Tapping into our link, I realized the only reason I didn't notice it before is because it was the same maelstrom she'd been battling for weeks, ever since we'd rescued her. It had been an undercurrent to our link, a snapping, sizzling pain. Fear and anger Ash and I felt from Harlee all the time, accompanied by bouts of crippling depression that made even me want to curl up in a corner and give up. I had never felt anything like it and Ash and I struggled to stay afloat amidst the emotional pain. To keep her afloat. Only now, now she was unleashing it. Something crashed and I stepped quickly, but cautiously, into the k
