Raygar's POV

"Were you afraid?" Selene asked me.

The question moved my feelings and made me want to be totally honest with her. She was asking if I was afraid of her, afraid of what she was, afraid of the power she just displayed in front of me without even knowing.

She was asking if I would reject her all over again just like her first mate did before. The vulnerability in her voice cut through me like a blade, and I could smell the lingering scent of her fear mixed with desperate ...