Making their way back toward the castle, Rowan Gabriella and Vaughn were mostly silent as they forged their way through the fields. Vaughn in particular was lost in his own thoughts, as Olivia has rejected him, he couldn’t even feel her as he used too.
His heavy sigh caught Gabriella’s attention, who slipped her spare hand into his comfortingly, her other one still possessively engulfed in Rowan’s strong grip.
‘Vaughny’ she said softly, ‘you have to keep believing that she’s OK, she’s a strong wolf, a lot stronger than any of us imagined, she can take care of herself.’
Vaughn looked up at her, his eyes lifeless, ‘it’s not her being able to take care of herself I'm worried about, it’s can she live with the aftermath if she needs to protect herself and will she become out of control if p
