Ben
“No.” I almost screamed it into my sister's face. It was only my sense of love for her that stopped me. Turning on my heel, I paced back and forth in front of her. “No, Rhian. Absolutely not.”
What she was saying was ludicrous. It couldn't be done. Well it could. But I wouldn't do it.
She had been right at the pack meeting. The price was too high. The risk was too great.
“Keep your voice down, you don't want to wake her, do you?”
My eyes left her to find the sleeping form of my mate. Curled up and asleep on one of the couches by the window. We had opened it, so the cool night air could blow over her feverish face. But I already knew that nothing would calm her fever now. Especially not a little night air.
Aspen was failing too fast.
I was losing her.
And there wasn't a damn
