The moment I had awoken in that hospital bed I hadn't realized just how much I had changed. I could sense the veins of the earth, the breath of the wind as it blew through the trees and the very life that pounded through our chests as my mate held me to him. “You’re barren,” Sarah had said quietly so the Alpha wouldn’t hear. She had refused to tell Ezra the news as she had already experienced his anger once before and would do anything to avoid it in the future. Don’t pass out! The faint voice cried out within me as the memory passed by and a faint glimpse of consciousness dangled before me like a ray of hope. Fight! The voice begged. I weakly rose my hand as I opened my eyes and allowed the vivid light to flood my vision and clawed at Ezra’s throat, seeking out his carotid artery. M

