Present Day
Ben’s POV
She’s gone. My mate is gone. I sobbed harder in the grass, my world shattering into a million tiny pieces. I could feel my wounds healing as Evelyn stroked my hair. I wish they didn't. The new witch told Evelyn to leave me, that everything would be alright, but how?
How is anything going to be alright when my mate is gone? Fenris curled up in my mind and was trembling hard at the loss of our mates.
I wanted to find her, find her body and take her home with me. I would find a beautiful resting place for her where I could curl up and lie with her every night for as long as I lived. Because I would live. For her. I would grant her last request even if I wanted to end my own life and lie forever in the ground with her.
The witch spoke again, her voice breaking throu
