Chapter 114
Kross
I hadn’t closed my eyes the whole night. Sleep was a luxury I couldn’t afford when the image of her broken body kept burning itself into my mind. Every time I blinked, I saw the blood in her fur, the way her breathing faltered, the moment she slipped from my arms into Father’s. I shouldn’t have let her go alone, shouldn’t have trusted anyone else with her—not even him. But at least… at least she was safe in Steele territory now. My pack. Protected. Guarded from her cursed family and the enemies that hunted her.
Father had assured me she was recovering well, that the antidote had steadied her. He said she’d be on her feet in days, stubborn as ever. But words meant nothing when the bond screamed at me that she was too far. The only thing keeping me from losing my mind wa
