"I knew it!" Elijah snarled this time, "I knew it might come to this. I'm not going to let anything like that happen. Rhiannon will not be the one to end me. I won't let my mate suffer...," He swallowed hard, hands fisted tight.

"But she’s the one standing between shadow and light.”

Elijah turned on him, a growl rumbling in his chest, “And you’d have her believe she’s destined to kill me? That her purpose is to raise a blade against the man she...” He cut himself off, his chest ...