~ CATHERINE ~

I’m so pissed I can barely breathe. Facing the blinding sun feels preferable to the future I’ll face if I don’t complete my mission—my vow. And the fact that this man—this wolf—is the reason I lost my chance at getting closer to my goal makes me want to bash his head in.

And yet… a part of me I’m trying way too damn hard to ignore wants to sit back down. Let him take care of me again.

No. I can’t afford that. I can’t ...