on to a much greater turmoil than

anymore, but all it made me feel as I laid still in my bed was nausea. The memories of

iving as one who i

I knew a half of it. And Fiona would always be there to keep me from breaking over

pen and Fiona sauntered in, meticulously holding a tray of food in

n of sunshine and warmth, and never wa

d the tray on the bedside table and came to help me sit up

she lifted me to rest my back against the headboa

dn't been able

nother whisper of a smile touched her lips, making me desire th

had when

e going to the market. I n

lb

hipped by him, and I couldn't help but wish them both the best of luck, since, evidently, th

the love I coul

ll finish breakfast and co

pped with a stern reflectio

et and witness the downplay of the King's rejection was. I couldn't have her tearing herself apart thinking she hadn't protected me enough - which was all she'd done

would b

ent in comparison to one of

y upended, but I wouldn't let

e. For everything you've done... I just want you to know that you're the best thing that has ever happened to me. And that no matter what happ

ched from mine and came to rest on my face, caressing it with a gentle ease that made me lean into the warmth

ith a heap of emotions. Moments after I'd eaten and showered, Fiona was off to the ma

cluttered with a handful of ecstatic children playing about, and a f

a werewolf-while I was yet to discover my mate, but it hadn't stopped me from dreaming about being in one and finally finding my mate. Occasionally, Gina would tease me about

much imagine her say if she knew I'd been rejected, if she were here. The Alpha King just doesn't

he were here. And maybe I wouldn't e

orror, bloodshed, her terrifying screech that had buried itself in m

rible memories, the more bearable my