I wake in the morning with Cadence in my arms and trails of dry tears staring her cheeks. I wish I knew how to take her pain away and her fears. I know she doesn’t need a protector but, my life duty is to protect my mate and one day our pups. The dead one seems to be playing some kind of mind game with her and I can tell she’s exhausted. I gently kiss her head and she stirs a little bit. I’m torn on going to find Stephan and ripping his head from his body and setting flames to his body. As I slowly untangle Lucy’s body from mine I hear laughing. It doesn’t belong to anyone in the pack and that’s when I smell rogues.
Zeuss takes over as I sprint out the door. He’s growling and telling Aurora to go guard Lucy. The smell is getting stronger as I got closer to the border of the property. I t
