How much can love save?
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Leila is torn between keeping away from her mate and saving her Pack. She believes staying away from him is best for the both of them. But the only way she stands a chance at protecting the people she loves is if she accept...
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~LEILA
I knew it was a bad idea, to stay out in the woods for this long. But I always believed fate never wanted me dead. This was where Nat had died in my arms. That day, I had thought I would be the one to die, but it wasn't me. It was Nat. And that moment had changed my life horribly. I had to make horrible decisions out of fear and cowardice.
Sometimes I wondered if she felt cold after I left her here alone.
Will I also feel cold when I die here?
I lay on the cold ground, holding my bleeding wound on my abdomen.
Silver. Those idiots stabbed me with silver.
I had gone out for a run because I didn't want to run into Nick after what happened last night. He's been spending too much time in the quarters but for some reason, yesterday, he just decided to ambush me. I felt like an idiot when I walked to Dana, asking her for the contraceptive tea. She even offered to show me how to make it, probably thinking we'd do it again anyway.
I didn't see it coming when a pack of five wolves surrounded me. I had taken a last detour to where Nat had died after remembering Ana's words.
There was no way I would undo what I had done. I understood why Dana couldn't look me in the eye, couldn't mention my name, or even talk to me. I would do the same if it were Rey. She meant everything to me. And her daughter had too. Apart from all that, I betrayed her. But if I could take it back, I would.
I shifted to fight them off and I could have, if they didn't stab me with silver. Of course, Queen used the last of her strength to kill them but it wasn't enough to drag us back to the mansion in time. The only thing I could do before I shifted back into my human form, was allow to scent to tang the air, hoping Nick would be fast enough to track it. But I was sure it was for such a short period of time, he wasn't going to be able to follow it.
I should've listened to him when Rey sent his message to me through the link. I should have returned before dark.
I felt my consciousness, slipping with time as the cold hit my naked skin. And then I heard pattering and something wet dripping on my skin. I pressed my hand harder on the wound on my abdomen, fear seizing my chest, but I was too weak.
It was raining.
And I was bleeding.
I was surely going to die today.
~NICK
I didn't want to leave my daughter's side but I had to. I was the one that smelled her scent last and I had to look for her fast. Kale took over and my paws hit the damp ground. It was raining. It was fucking raining...right now, out of all days.
I knew sometimes fall hit fast in my pack, but out of all days...
