Soph runs her hand up and down my arm, her expression morphing into deep frown. "I must be honest with you, Carina, I don't know how Danyal will fare. He's strong, but no one is strong enough to come out the other side fine after losing a mate. I only hope that the memory of his father would help him be better."
I turn around, my hands covering my mouth and the cry that threatens to claw its way out. "No! That's exactly what I fear, Danyal held me at an arm's distance because his biggest fear in his life is becoming what his father became after his mother's death. I pray to the Goddess that anything but that happens. I couldn't bear it if Danyal became the monster he thinks he is."
Soph smooths back my hair, her wolf oozing out her motherly instincts. "First, you will not die, we won't l
