She looked at him, and he did not take his eyes off her.
Gideon cursed under his breath. She was clearly hurt, yet all he could think about was how much he wanted her. The realisation that someone had tried to kill his mate just a few short minutes ago angered him and brought him the new kind of pain. The pain he had no idea existed.
He couldn’t lose her. Not like that. Not in any way. He couldn’t lose her at all.
“Are you going to use that magical Lycan healing of yours?” she taunted, one of her brows raised up, and a slight smile tugged on her lips. The lips that he wanted so desperately to kiss that it was all he could think of now.
“If you will allow it.” He leaned toward her and touched her shoulder that was already showing signs of healing. It pained him that this happened on his
