ALDRIC'S POV
The scream ricocheted through the forest like a gunshot. The sheer force of the sound waves caused all the birds to take flight, abandoning their nests for some unknown safe haven away from the house.
'MATE!' Kael howled in my head, and there was no arguing with him; I also knew it was her. There was no hesitation, no planning, no thought other than saving Breelynn and killing whoever made her scream like that.
I am not even sure when I shifted, but Kael was driving us at full speed to the house, and the closer we got, the more I felt her. But not just feeling her and her emotions, like a typical mate bond; this was more. More intense, more encompassing. This was beyond mate bond. I could feel everything as if it were my own like we were one being. But I knew she was still
