Joshua POV
When one of the guards had informed me of Tom's breakout, I had gotten so angry. I had never been so angry in my life, or been this scared as I was today.
He was going after Mary. My Mary. My mate.
He had already hurt her before and he would pay for it.
When Mary had told me about her childhood and Tom's abuses, I had to use all my strength not to leave and go to Tom's cell.
My wolf and I wanted to make him suffer for the way he had treated our mate.
She had trembled in my arms and her fear had been palpable.
I wanted to protect her and make sure she never had to worry about anything again.
There was only one way for me to achieve this, by having the death sentence pronounced tomorrow.
But I knew that my little, innocent mate would never agree to that. She couldn't l
