“Amor, please don’t cry,” Marlon cuddles Astrid deep into his chest. The sound of Astrid’s wails perfectly blends with the sound of the car engine speeding down the tarred road. As agreed with Zane, he is taking Astrid back to the Obsidian pack with him and they are on their way to the airport. Astrid sobs harder. Her chest contracts with pain and her eyes burn because of how much tears she has shed. Her body aches from how much time she had spent in that cell. But those are all insignificant to the emotional turmoil she is feeling. Astrid feels like hot rods are being shoved through her mind. Her head burns with intense pain and no matter how hard she tries, the tears keep falling. Her children…she didn’t see her boys before she left. Her heart throbs harder at the thought of them

