All the light had faded from Peri now, but the air still thrummed around her. A thick tense silence filled the yard. No one moved. Except for Peri, whose chest was heaving, no one seemed to even be breathing. She bent down and put her hand on Dalton’s throat. The wolf remained perfectly still, continuing to stare at Peri.
“I should put you out of your misery right now and save your Alpha the trouble. There is one reason, and one reason only, that you are still breathing, wolf,” Peri sneered at him. “I looked into your mate’s eyes. I saw the brokenness inside. I don’t know what was done to her. But I’m guessing it was horrible, worse even than what Lorelle did to her. I know that her road to recovery will not be easy. And I know that she will not make it without you. She needs you. She may
