an's

tion through the link, but

it. The blows weren't even that strong, so why did they hu

eakening, the bond pulsing violently

d, my voice sharp, commanding

r hands immediate

speak. "There's no –" when sh

la

ng around her too-thin frame. I couldn't feel her anymore. The bon

ammed against my ribs, panic twisting throug

, I felt scared. My wolf sn

arply, bark

ov

ng the curious stares of the warrio

ed you in her room in the next thirty

swered in unison but

n in my arms, I wanted to drop her as fas

om, I rushed inside, placin

ining wasn't even brutal – Astrid ba

a wolf, an Alpha's daughter but she

rid hesitated

he started. I barely registered her words. M

defend herself in the future as

rned to her slowly, my voice drop

My wolf pushed against my skin. We didn't

ma

mate. Not after what happened with Lilith

us. We have to accept and protect her. It

gaze slightly, "I

ered the room with

; her movement was

er voice breaking as she removed Elara's bloodied training clothe

fr

by now." She looked at Elara, then at me

rs? What did they do to her in Mooncrest Pack?

r gro

nside of my skull as I stared at the

my head. I couldn't answer b

own from the dresser an

r and then turned to me, "I am go

was the pack's best healer. If a

orehead, and the other in her ri

, the sound vibrating throug

r hands, a soft golden light

h

gas

she had been burned. The glow fl

s voice was care

n't l

t is

breathing uneven. "Someth

. That didn't m

do you

ing her energy's core, it's a magic

lf st

m felt

she was completely still, and for

l her?" my v

any healer's magic. If you give her some of it, it can fight w

fr

er my

together. Stre

n't want a mate, didn't want to care but I couldn't ignore the bru

as already breaking for her. I exhaled slowl

parting her lips slightly and m

ulsed, hot, sharp and demanding. It was st

hated seeing her

"Please connect to your mate bond and give her some

. I didn't want this, didn't want to feel her pain or get anymor

O

, the worse her breathing became. Cursing

oded through me, then through her. Elara twitched and her fingers tightened around mine. T

her hands glowing faintly as she pressed

nect to you

surged through me –pain, fear and memories that weren't mine. My breath hitched and I

pushed my energy toward her, feeling the magic that was blocking her energy's core and p

mate bond. But the moment our energies connected again, a w

feel like she was trapped inside he

r sna

al, to take what she needed from me. After a few seconds, her breathing evened o

, pulling he

e was soft, but firm. "A

s healed, her mind wasn't. I could still feel her emotions-the lingering

yone.

for half a seco

before following her out, s

le

l holding her hand, my thumb

kness haunted her and so, I did something I had never

a pulse of warmth-of reas

er breathing deepened and for the

nd for some reason

d the