The poison still flowed through his veins, fighting to bring him to his knees again.
Kade could feel it, coiled within him like something alive. It waited for the moment when the adrenaline and the bond faded, so it could reclaim him. His limbs still trembled faintly, his vision pulsing at the edges.
But none of it mattered.
Lyra.
The bond had ignited like a meteor bursting through the atmosphere, like a furnace thrown open in the dead of winter. It roared through him, burning against the poison, scorching it back with something ancient. Undeniable. The bond couldn’t remove the poison. It simply refused to let him fall.
His mate was in danger.
Ash was shouting inside him, but the words were distant. He was muffled by the overwhelming pull.
“You are still poisoned. DO NOT LOSE
