"You broke our bond?"

Caelira’s voice cracked, not with rage..but something worse. Something hollow and quiet and deeply wounded.

Therion's throat worked to swallow down the weight in his chest. He hadn’t imagined it would feel like this..standing here, heart pounding in front of the only woman the Moon Goddess had tethered to his soul.

But it was Caelira who smiled. A small, bitter smile that didn’t reach her eyes. She nodded, slowly, as though trying to make sense of a storm crashing ...