Tessa
I swallow. “She’s weak.”
“She's dormant because she's wounded,” he whispers into my ears from behind, letting me feel the warmth of his breath. “And she won’t heal if you keep her caged.” He steps in front of me. “You have to stress her. Push her…. That’s how wolves recover faster.”
“All this,” I mutter, “just for us to die anyway.”
His hand comes to my arm and he pulls me closer until my chest nearly brushes his. “I already told you,” he says quietly. “If you don’t bed my brother, you will not die.”
My breath stutters.
He releases me and steps back. “Lift this up,” he says, glancing at a heavy rock beside us.
My heart drops. “This should be about a 100kg”
“200kg actually and you're going to lift.”
My eyes are wide in shock. Even when Sonia was healthy, we've never attempted
