The moment her eyes rolled back, my world stopped.

"Lily?" I touched her face, panic clawing at my chest. "Lily, baby, look at me."

Nothing. Her head lolled to the side, completely limp in my arms.

*What did I do?*

*She's fine,* Lucas growled in my mind, but I could feel his worry bleeding through. *The bond is strong. She needs time.*

Time for what? Time to recover from what I'd done to her?

Blood. There was blood on my mouth, on her neck. The mark was already ...