Chapter 52
Kael’s body was heavy in my arms.
The Huntress’s arrow glowed in his chest, its shaft burning white-hot, veins of moonlight crawling across his flesh. His muscles convulsed beneath my hands, his breath ragged, his heart stuttering.
“No,” I gasped, pressing my palms to his wound. “No, no, no”
The glow seared me. My wombfire recoiled. It couldn’t touch him not with that weapon buried in his heart.
“Ardyn,” Kael rasped, blood spilling from his lips. His hand rose weakly, claws grazing my cheek. “Don’t… cry. You burn too bright… for tears.”
My throat closed. “Don’t you dare leave me, Alpha. Not when I just started to be yours.”
The bond between us spasmed, a tearing ache, as if threads of our souls were being pulled apart strand by strand.
A shadow shifted beside me.
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