Kane’s POV
I stayed by her side until I was sure she had fallen asleep. She had fought it for a while, whispering that she didn’t want to close her eyes, that the nightmares would come back but exhaustion always wins in the end, and when she finally drifted off, her hand was still holding mine.
I sat there for a few minutes, staring at her face and watching her sleep peacefully. My chest felt like it was being ripped into two, relief and anger. Relief that she was alive and anger of how close she had come to dying. Anger at who was responsible.
Orion. The fact that he is supposed to be her step brother just makes it worse. He had always hated her, for reasons I'm not aware of.
Rafe was snarling inside me, restless, his claws were scraping under my skin. He wanted blood and so did I.
