I couldn’t let him go. Not like this.
The shadows crept further up Kieran’s body, draining the life from him with every passing second. His skin had turned a sickly gray, his once powerful form now limp and fragile. I could feel his heartbeat growing weaker, the connection between us fading like a dying ember.
But I couldn’t lose him.
Not when I hadn’t even told him how much I loved him, how much I needed him, even if the mate bond didn’t bind me the way it did him. There was something deeper between us, something that went beyond the instincts of our kind. It was raw, real, and it terrified me more than anything.
The wind whipped around us, cold and unforgiving, as if the world itself was mourning. My hands trembled as I pressed them against Kieran’s chest, feeling the faint pulse of
