Forrest looked in horror as the sinister vines on his mate’s thighs grew further like branches of a tree spreading along her delicate skin.
He wanted to grasp her in his arms to protect her, but Hades growled at him, Don’t you dare!
The tiny bits of hope that were born just minutes ago were dying down now when even his wolf was against them touching her, admitting that all of this was a terrible idea in the first place.
“Forrest?” Elene glanced at him—the most beautiful thing in the whole damn world. Her chest was still rising and falling, her hair messy and her voice slightly hoarse from all the screaming, while her skin glistened in the first sun rays of the day. “Is— everything okay?”
The veins stopped growing and began to fade, much to the General’s relief. He did not poison her to
