NATALIA Is this the world telling me that I’ll never be happy? By putting us into situations where we would have to choose, and either way, someone gets hurt? I should have died that day, and maybe I should have stayed that way if it’s always going to be like this. It was a mistake asking for a second chance. “Let go of them.” I heard Tristan speak through mind link, snarling at the rogues in his current form. Laughter boomed in the place after his demands. I tried to resist, but he just pulled me closer and laughed. “And what makes you think we’d follow you? You can try to kill us, but before you can step closer, I’d make sure that you’ll pick up your wife’s head separate from her body.” He whispered the last words in my ear, making me shiver in both fear and anger. My eyes landed o

