Chapter 81 RETURN HOME
Aries POV
The journey back to the pack was too quiet. The kind of quiet that made every crunch of leaves and every gust of wind sound like a threat. I couldn’t shake the gnawing feeling that the ghosts of the Blue Crescent Pack would leap from the shadows and snatch her away from me again.
I looked down at Rex—still unconscious in my arms, fragile and far too pale. I had carried her the entire way, refusing to let anyone else touch her. Julian offered once, but I declined without hesitation. I wouldn’t feel safe unless she was this close to me.
She hadn’t woken up. Not even once.
She shifted slightly from time to time, her brow twitching like she was stuck in some nightmare. I adjusted my grip gently, walking slower than the others so I wouldn’t jostle her alrea
