KELLEN

When Lamia fell to the ground holding Zane in her arms, her heart-wrenching sobs met my ears and I felt her bond to Zane snap. I gasped at the dreaded reality of what had just happened.

“No, no, no, no. Zane! Zane baby, hang in there, you are okay. Zane baby, stay awake,” she cried out.

I wanted to go to her, to hold her, to take her pain away. But I couldn’t, I was fighting bear shifters and couldn’t turn my back on them. I could hear her sobs and turned in ...