Shawn
Rory trembled in my grasp. She was going into shock, and I could sense her distress down the bond. My wolf was anxious, pacing beneath my skin. I was already on edge after the encounter earlier but adding on my mates disquietude I was ready to break something. I stroked her hair as I pulled it from its braid. The long tresses fell in waves down her back. Her posture remained ridgid so I applied pressure to her back as my hand drifted from her hair to her shoulders and down her spine.
“Yes. You did” I said softly.
“I..I killed her. I..I took life from this earth when…I”
“How is her life any different from the animals we hunt?” I countered trying to give her a different perspective.
“She…she was human” she said softly as her tear filled eyes met mine.
“Yes, she was” I kept my
